Helico Sonoma, Inc. v. Gannett Co., Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 HELICO SONOMA, INC., Case No. 22-cv-00590-JSW (RMI)

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: SECOND DISCOVERY

v. DISPUTE LETTER BRIEF

GANNETT CO., INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 43 Defendants.

13 Now pending before the court is a discovery dispute letter brief (dkt. 43) through which Plaintiff seeks the compelled production of various email communications and two written statements pertaining to the incident that gave rise to this action. Defendants have withheld the materials in question based on assertions of attorney-client privilege and the work-product doctrine. See Exh A, Ltr. Br. (dkt. 43) at 10-14. The court has now reviewed the disputed materials in camera; and, for the reasons that follow, Plaintiff’s request to compel the production of these materials is denied. This case stems from a “doors-off helicopter flight,” during which a jacket flew out of the passenger cabin of the…