“When only a part of a communication between attorney and client is privileged and if the privileged and unprivileged parts may be safely separated, then the privileged matter only will be excluded.”
How later courts described this case
- “When only a part of a communication between attorney and client is privileged and if the privileged and unprivileged parts may be safely separated, then the privileged matter only will be excluded.”
- “Generally, the mere status of an attorney-client relationship does not make every communication between attorney and client protected by the privilege.”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
¶ 30 TAYLOR, J.,
Dissents.
I would deny original jurisdiction. The trial judge was correct in the first instance and should be affirmed.