STATE v. HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO.

No. 96-1780.

220 Wis.2d 51 (1998)

582 N.W.2d 411

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff, v. HYDRITE CHEMICAL COMPANY, a/k/a Avganic Industries, Inc., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., Affiliated FM Ins. Co., American Casualty Co. of Reading PA, American Motorists Ins. Co., Chicago Insurance Co., Continental Casualty Co., First State Ins. Co., First State Underwriters Agency of New England Reinsurance Corp., a/k/a New England Reinsurance Corp., Granite State Ins. Co., Great American Surplus Lines Ins. Co., a/k/a American Empire Surplus Lines Ins. Co., a/k/a International Insurance Co., Interstate Fire & Casualty Co., Northbrook Excess & Surplus Ins. Co., as predecessor Indemnity Company, Home Insurance Company, International Surplus Lines Ins. Co., a/k/a International Insurance Co., Interstate Fire & Casualty Co., Northbrook Excess & Surplus Ins. Co., as predecessor to Allstate Insurance Company, Old Republic Ins. Company, United States Fire Ins. Co., Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London and other companies, Third-Party Defendants-Respondents, INTERSTATE FIRE & CASUALTY CO., Fourty-Party Plaintiff, v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY, Fourth-Party Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-third-party plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Raymond R. Krueger, David V. Meany and Douglas P. Dehler of Michael, Best & Friedrich of Milwaukee and orally argued by David V. Meany.

On behalf of the third-party defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of James K. Horstman, Mary A. Sliwinski and Anthony P. Katauskas of Williams & Montgomery, Ltd., of Chicago, and Richard G. Niess of Coyne, Niess, Schultz, Becker & Bauer, S.C. of Madison and orally argued by James K. Horstman.

Before Dykman, P.J., Roggensack and Deininger, JJ.


DYKMAN, P.J.

Hydrite Chemical Co. appeals from an order compelling it to disclose certain documents to the respondent insurance companies. Hydrite argues that the documents are protected by the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine. We conclude that the trial court erroneously exercised its discretion in ordering Hydrite to produce certain documents because the trial court's exercise of discretion was based on an erroneous interpretation of the law....

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