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ZURICH AMERICAN INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B194793.

66 Cal.Rptr.3d 833 (2007)

155 Cal.App.4th 1485

ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE CO., Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Watts Industries, Inc., Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Four.

October 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Selman Breitman, Neil H. Selman, Sheryl W. Leichenger, Kathleen Caswell Vance, and Rachel E. Hobbs, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish, David S. MacCuish and Richard C. Giller, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest.

EPSTEIN, P.J.

Zurich American Insurance Company (Zurich) contends the trial court and the discovery referee whose reports it adopted used the wrong standard in overruling its claim of attorney-client privilege in this discovery dispute with Watts Industries, Inc. (Watts). We agree that the challenged orders employed an overly restrictive definition of the attorney-client privilege, and grant relief on that basis. We...

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