In this case of first impression the issue is whether in a contract action by a third-party beneficiary on a life insurance policy against the defendant insurer, the evidentiary "attorney-client" privilege of CPLR 4503 (subd [a]) will prevent a disclosure of communications of the deceased with his attorney which may further be relevant to and probative of the cause of death of the deceased, to wit, suicide, by tending to show...
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