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MICHAEL J. VALLONE and JOYCE E. HEIDEMANN, and JAMES J. O'KEEFE, on behalf of themsel v. s and all other plaintiffs similarly situated known and unknown, Plaintiffs,

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES B. MORAN, Senior United States District Judge.

Plaintiffs, by a motion to compel and a second motion to compel, seek the complete files of Melvin Katzman, who was vice-president and associate general counsel for Continental Insurance Company, as well as all documents between certain Bates numbers that defendant claims are privileged. Defendant has now skinned down its privilege log to 23 documents, and it is those documents that are at issue.

It is not enough, of course, that plaintiffs believe, or at least hope, that the documents may be helpful to them if they are indeed privileged. And, at first blush, they do appear to be privileged. ln plaintiffs' reply they seek in camera review rather than production. The documents are few in number and Katzman wore two hats, both as an officer and as an attorney. It is therefore conceivable that the privilege might not extend to some of the documents. The easiest way to put this matter to rest is for the court to review them in camera. Defendant is directed to furnish each of the documents listed in its second amended privilege log within the next fourteen days.

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VALLONE v. CNA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Oct 1, 2001)