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WASTE MGT., INC. v. INTERN. SURPLUS LINES INS. CO.

No. 1-89-2636.

560 N.E.2d 1093 (1990)

203 Ill. App.3d 172

148 Ill.Dec. 496

WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC., and Chemical Waste Management, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY and American Special Risk Insurance Company f/k/a Cranford Insurance Company, and Certain Unknown Reinsurers, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants. (Matthew W. Cockrell, Contemnor-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

September 13, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rivkin, Radler, Dunne & Bayh, Chicago (Bruce D. Drucker, Matthew W. Cockrell, and Victoria A. Walkowicz, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtd., Chicago (Robert Marc Chemers, Robert J. Franco, Michael A. Clarke, Scott O. Reed, Andrew G. Witik, James P. Moran, and Mark D. Roth, of counsel), for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Justice JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

These cross-appeals from a contempt order concern the applicability of the attorney-client and work-product privileges to documents which are necessary to resolve an issue raised by the party claiming the privileges. The plaintiffs, Waste Management, Inc., and Chemical Waste Management, Inc. (insureds), owned and operated five hazardous waste disposal sites which were the subject of several lawsuits alleging that...

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