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Insurer required to turn over documents An appeals court Wednesday rejected arguments by a property-insurance company that it should not have to turn over some documents in a lawsuit about damage to a Pensacola home in Hurricane Sally. Property owners Thomas and
The insurer fought turning over documents, citing what is known as a "work-product privilege," which generally involves shielding information that could be used in litigation.
The appeals-court panel, however, upheld a circuit-court ruling that the insurer was required to turn over some of the disputed documents, such as an adjuster's logs, photos from an initial home inspection and documents related to an early evaluation of the claim.
"Documents in claims and underwriting files are not automatically work product," Wednesday's decision by Judges
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