EMERGENCY CARE DYN. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 1 CA-SA 96-0140.

188 Ariz. 32 (1997)

932 P.2d 297

EMERGENCY CARE DYNAMICS, LTD., an Arizona professional corporation; Tamsen Professional Services, LTD., an Arizona professional corporation; and Mark J. Tamsen, M.D., Petitioners, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, The Honorable Elizabeth A. Stover, a judge thereof, Respondent Judge, MOHAVE EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, INC., an Arizona professional corporation; Mohave Emergency Physicians, II, INC., an Arizona professional corporation; David C. Welch, D.O. and Carol Pettrone, husband and wife; David C. Welch, D.O., P.C., an Arizona professional corporation; Jose L. Gochoco, D.O. and Catherine E. Gochoco, husband and wife; Jose L. Gochoco, D.O., P.C., an Arizona professional corporation, Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department D.

February 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P. by David J. Bodney, Peter B. Swann, Lisa L. Glow and Tracy L. Wareing, Phoenix, for Petitioners.

Broening, Oberg, Woods, Wilson & Cass, P.C. by James R. Broening, Cynthia Cheney and David S. Cohen, Phoenix, for Real Parties In Interest Mohave Emergency, Gochoco, and Welch.


OPINION

FIDEL, Presiding Judge.

The rule of work-product immunity bars adversary discovery of a lawyer's mental impressions, conclusions, opinions, and legal theories concerning a pending or impending case. But does the rule immunize a lawyer's communications to an expert witness on a subject the expert will testify about at trial? And if the expert has been hired not only to testify, but also to help the lawyer prepare for trial, does this dual role immunize...

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