Federal Magistrate Determines Memos, Emails Are Protected Under Work Product Doctrine

(December 15, 2016, 10:46 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal magistrate judge on Dec. 13 denied an insurer’s motion to compel the production of unredacted documents and emails after determining that the documents and emails are protected under the work product doctrine because they were prepared in anticipation of litigation regarding coverage for the contamination of the insured’s blood products (Baxter International Inc., v. AXA Versicherung, No. 11-cv-09131, N.D. Ill.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172234)....

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