OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC. v. HOLT CARGO SYSTEMS, INC.


785 A.2d 955 (2000)

345 N.J. Super. 515

OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. HOLT CARGO SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Camden County.

Decided October 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Johnson, Frederick E. Blakelock, Hecker, Brown, Sherry & Johnson, Philadelphia, PA, for Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

Richard J. Reisert, Clark, Atcheson & Reisert, Eugene Mattioni, Mattioni, LTD, New York City, for Holt Cargo Systems, Inc.


COOK, J.S.C.

At issue is the applicability of the "crime-fraud" exception to attorney-client and work-product privileges asserted by defendant Holt Cargo Systems, Inc. ("Holt"), in response to document discovery requests of plaintiff Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. ("Ocean Spray").1

By way of background, Ocean Spray sues Holt for damages for the spoilage of 6,500,000 pounds of Ocean Spray cranberries while they were stored in Holt...

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