968 So. 2d 11 - Lynch v. Hamrick’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America v. Hatas · 901 So. 2d 84 - Vesta Fire Ins. Corp. v. Milam & Co. Constr., Inc. · 455 So. 2d 137 - Free v. State · McKinney v. State · Uniroyal, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“"`"Whether a communication is privileged is a question of fact to be determined by the trial court from the evidence presented...."' Exxon Corp. v. Department of Conservation & Natural Res., 859 So.2d 1096, 1103 (Ala.2002) (quoting Ex parte DCH Reg'l Med. Ctr., 683 So.2d 409, 412 (Ala.1996)). The burden is on the party asserting the attorney-client privilege to establish the existence of an attorney-client relationship as well as other facts demonstrating the claim of privileged information. Ex parte DCH Reg'l Med. Ctr., 683 So.2d at 412 ."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.