The respondents sought to enforce a Utah default judgment against the appellant.
During discovery, the appellant refused to answer several questions, and an Associate Judge ordered him to answer them.
The appellant appealed the Associate Judge's decision, arguing the questions breached solicitor-client privilege or related to a coerced Stipulation of Fact.
The Superior Court allowed the appeal in part, striking one question that sought the content of legal advice, but upholding the orders to answer questions about the steps taken to secure legal advice, whether lawyers were paid, and which portions of the Stipulation of Fact were true, as the appellant had put these matters in issue in his pleadings.
