Pa. Panel: Homebuilders’ List Of Similar Water Claims Not Privileged Or Work Product

Mealey's (August 4, 2022, 9:33 AM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania appellate panel on July 28 affirmed a trial court’s finding that a homebuilder’s spreadsheets containing lists of customers who complained of water intrusion damage, the same claims brought by the homeowners in the cases on appeal, was not privileged or protected as attorney work product because the documents were factual in nature and prepared by the company’s operations department, not its legal counsel....