CHILDREN'S TRUST v. LINDA GALE SAMPSON 1979 TRUST

No. 02-1515.

265 Wis.2d 803 (2003)

2003 WI App 141

667 N.W.2d 831

HAROLD SAMPSON CHILDREN'S TRUST, a trust maintained for the benefit of Beth Bauer, Jamie L. Sherman, and Kay Yuspeh, and each of them individually as Plaintiffs, and The Beth Bauer Trust, The Jamie L. Sherman Trust and The Kay Yuspeh Trust, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. The LINDA GALE SAMPSON 1979 TRUST, The Steven J. Sampson 1979 Trust and The Scott A. Sampson 1979 Trust, which are the successors to the B.J. Sampson Children's Trust, a trust maintained for the benefit of Linda Gale Sampson, Scott Sampson, and Steve Sampson, and Sampson Investments, Ann Mandelman, and Nancy Simos, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Beth BAUER, Third-Party Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendants-third-party plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Paul S. Medved, and Scott R. Halloin of Mallery & Zimmerman, S.C., Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Scott R. Halloin.

On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Jane C. Schlicht, Steven L. Nelson, and Stephanie L. Riches of Cook & Franke, S.C., Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Jane C. Schlicht.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Lundsten, JJ.


¶ 1. FINE, J.

We granted the petition for leave to appeal filed by the defendants.1 They seek reversal of the trial court's non-final order directing them to return to the plaintiffs documents produced during discovery that the trial court held were protected by the attorney-client privilege. We reverse.

I.

¶ 2. This is an inter-family dispute over money, the specific...

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