Can a client waive attorney-client privilege by signing answers to interrogatories?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Alpha Beta Co. v. Superior Court, 157 Cal.App.3d 818, 203 Cal.Rptr. 752 (Cal. App. 1984):
[157 Cal.App.3d 830] In Travelers Ins. Companies v. Superior Court (1983) 143 Cal.App.3d 436, 191 Cal.Rptr. 871, there was a contention that the holder of the attorney-client privilege had waived the privilege by signing answers to interrogatories. In holding the signing of the answers did not constitute a waiver, the court observed:
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