Missouri High Court: Work Product Protection Waived In Shared Accident Documents

Mealey's ( April 3, 2023, 12:14 PM EDT) -- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The plaintiffs in a personal injury negligence suit against a hospital cannot withhold documents pertaining to their settlement of an unrelated lawsuit, the Missouri Supreme Court held, ruling that the plaintiffs’ disclosure of those documents in the previous suit constituted waiver of the work product doctrine and defeated their claims that the documents are protected from discovery by privilege....