LOS ANGELES - A judge must rule on a response to a request for admissions as unverified unless a bankrupt and dissolved asbestos defendant appoints someone with the power to decide whether its attorney may verify the response and thus waive attorney-client privilege, a California appeals panel held April 30 (Mary Melendrez, et al. v. Superior Court of State of California, County of Los Angeles, Special Electric Co. Inc., No. B243320, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 3; 2013 Cal. App. LEXIS 343)....(read more)![]()
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