ASKEW v. HARDMAN

No. 940613.

918 P.2d 469 (1996)

Julia Lee ASKEW, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Paul HARDMAN, Defendant and Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Dodge, Mark F. James, Robert A. McConnell, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Stephen G. Morgan, Mitchell T. Rice, Joseph E. Minnock, Salt Lake City, for defendant.

Paul M. Belnap, Michael S. Johnson, Salt Lake City, for amicus State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance.

Jack C. Helgesen, Edward B. Havas, Salt Lake City, for amicus Utah Trial Lawyers Association.


RUSSON, Justice:

Julia Lee Askew was injured in an automobile-horse accident and sued the owner of the horse, Paul Hardman, for damages. Prior to trial, she sought access to the claim file of Hardman's insurance company, Utah Farm Bureau Insurance Company, particularly the recorded statement of Hardman taken during Farm Bureau's investigation of the accident. The trial court denied access to the documents on the ground that they had been prepared in anticipation of...

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