California Court of Appeal

The attorney work product doctrine protects confidential communications with retained experts that one decides not to call as witnesses, and parties under a joint prosecution agreement do not waive such protection.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2002
• Published 08/22/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Phillips & Cohen, Eric R. Havian and Harry Litman, San Francisco, Irell & Manella LLP, S. Thomas Pollack, Gregory R. Smith and Stephen Hasegawa, Los Angeles, for Petitioners., Beck, De Corso, Daly & Kreindler, Bryan D. Daly and Marc S. Harris, Los Angeles, Wolff, Ellis & Clausen LLP and Gregory R. Ellis, San Francisco, for Real Parties in Interest James Jones Company, Mueller Co., and Tyco International (US), Inc., Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish, David S. MacCuish, Kurt Osenbaugh and Todd B. Benoff, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest Watts Industries, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.