Pollock
Pollock v. Federal Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 THOMAS POLLOCK, et al., Case No. 21-cv-09975-JCS Plaintiffs, 8 v. ORDER RE JOINT DISCOVERY LETTER
FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
Re: Dkt. No. 156 Defendant.
12 The parties have submitted a joint discovery letter regarding a dispute as to whether Federal’s outside counsel, Eric Freed, who is lead co-counsel in this case, must produce documents in response to Plaintiffs’ document requests. Federal contends Freed was retained shortly before Plaintiffs initiated this action in order to provide legal advice whereas Plaintiffs contend Freed has acted as an insurance adjuster and therefore, that Federal cannot claim attorney- client privilege over Freed’s communications with Federal. Federal has supplied declarations from Christopher Lassiter (dkt. no. 156-1) and Eric D. Freed (dkt. no. 156-2) in support of its position. The Court concludes that Federal is correct. In Costco…