KENFORD CO. v. COUNTY OF ERIE


55 A.D.2d 466 (1977)

Kenford Company, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. County of Erie et al., Respondents County of Erie, Respondent, v. Kenford Company, Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

January 14, 1977


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher (Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, Victor Fuzak of counsel), for appellants.

Jaeckle, Fleischman & Mugel (John H. Stenger of counsel), for respondents.

MARSH, P. J., SIMONS and WITMER, JJ., concur.


CARDAMONE, J.

We are asked to consider whether a party witness at an examination before trial may refuse to answer questions posed to him on the ground that the answers involve information which he obtained from his attorney. He claims that such information is protected from inquiry arising from either the confidentiality of the attorney-client relationship or because the material conveyed was an attorney's work...

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