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FREEDOM TRUST v. CHUBB GROUP OF INS. COMPANIES

No. CV 97-1501 DDP (SHx).

38 F.Supp.2d 1170 (1999)

FREEDOM TRUST; Federated Holdings Limited; et al., Plaintiffs, v. CHUBB GROUP OF INSURANCE COMPANIES, Defendant.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

March 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sassoon Sales, Sassoon Sales Law Offices, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Alan J. Freisleben, Ralph Anthony Guirgis, Angela L. Ball, Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold, Irvine, CA, for Defendant Chubb Group of Ins. Cos.

AMENDED ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION

PREGERSON, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on a discovery motion by the plaintiffs. The motion presents a question of first impression in California: whether a law firm's participation in an insurer's bad faith denial of a claim falls within the crime-fraud exception to the lawyer-client privilege. The Court holds that it does not.

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