J. Hoffman

The defendant law firm in a solicitor's negligence action brought a motion under Rules 30.03 and 30.04 for the production of unredacted copies of the plaintiffs' legal invoices and docket entries.

The plaintiffs had redacted entries relating to advice given on the current action, claiming privilege.

The court dismissed the motion, finding that the redacted entries were not relevant to the action, were expressly excluded from the parties' discovery plan waiver, and were presumptively protected by solicitor-client and litigation privilege.

The plaintiff was struck by an unidentified driver while riding her electric scooter in a parking lot.

The driver fled the scene shortly after the collision while the plaintiff was being attended to by her husband and a friend.

The plaintiff sued her husband's automobile insurer under the unidentified automobile coverage.

The insurer brought a motion for summary judgment, arguing the plaintiff failed to take reasonable steps to identify the driver.

The court dismissed the motion, finding a triable issue as to whether the plaintiff's failure to obtain the driver's information was reasonable given her injuries and shock immediately following the accident.