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NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. v. VALDEZ

No. D-3310.

863 S.W.2d 458 (1993)

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, Relator, v. The Honorable Rogelio VALDEZ, Judge, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled November 17, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Ross, Lisa A. Stegall, for relator.

Rollins M. Koppel, Greg M. Powers, Harlingen, for respondent.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

This original mandamus action arises from a bad faith insurance case. Relator seeks relief from the trial court's order compelling production of its attorney's files from the related, previously resolved workers' compensation case. Although we conclude that a document is not automatically privileged because it reposes in an attorney's file, we hold that a request for an "attorney's files," as opposed to a request for specific...

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