Helton v. Kincaid, Unpublished Decision (5-6-2005)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Tarter Gate Company, appeals a decision of the Warren County Common Pleas ordering disclosure of a letter written by appellant's attorney to an expert witness.

{¶ 2} Diana Helton was injured when her minivan collided with two horses in the road. Helton filed a complaint against the owners of the horses, and against appellant, Tarter Gate, the manufacturer of the coral from which the horses escaped. During the discovery phase of the litigation, appellees served appellant's expert witness, David Dailey, with a subpoena duces tecum, requesting that he produce…