WELLPOINT HEALTH NETWORKS, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Docket No. B110436.

59 Cal.App.4th 110 (1997)

WELLPOINT HEALTH NETWORKS, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; BARRY McCOMBS, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

November 13, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Lafayette, Kumagai & Clarke, Gary T. Lafayette and Susan T. Kumagai for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Jeffrey K. Winikow for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

BARON, J.

In this case we are asked to resolve two issues: (1) whether a law firm's prelitigation investigation into the circumstances surrounding the claims of an employee who may have suffered discriminatory treatment is protected by the attorney-client privilege and/or the attorney work product doctrine, and (2) if so, whether the employer waives these protections when it raises the investigation as a defense to the employee...

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