Klang

This is an appeal by the plaintiff in a personal injury action from a judgment entered on a defense verdict. We affirm the judgment.

Appellant was injured when he was struck by an automobile while standing behind his own car which was stopped partly in a traffic lane of the Long Beach Freeway. He settled his cause of action against the driver of the car which struck him and proceeded to trial against respondents on the theory that their actions in not properly closing the hood of his automobile caused it to open, thus obstructing his vision and requiring him to stop the car in a place of danger. On this appeal, appellant does not question the sufficiency of the evidence to support the defense verdict. He contends, however, that the trial court erred in ruling upon a claim of attorney-client privilege and in refusing his proffered instruction on the duty of care required of a rescuer.

Attorney-Client Privilege

Appellant was injured in the early morning hours of April 12, 1964. He was taken to Compton Hospital. In an unexplained fashion, someone at the hospital came upon a slip of paper in appellant’s pocket which bore the name, address, and telephone number of Louis…