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Insurer Claim Files: Privilege and Work-Product Protection

This article surveys some of the ways that courts have approached the issues of privilege and work product protection for insurer claim files.

41 minute read April 30, 2008 at 04:31 PM
By
Robert D. Goodman And Josephine D. Coakley
Insurer Claim Files: Privilege and Work-Product Protection

In coverage litigation and bad faith actions between insurers and policyholders, courts' views as to the discoverability of claim file material have varied significantly, depending on the jurisdiction and the specific fact pattern presented.

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