Is a witness's statement not a work product?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Coito v. Superior Court of Stanislaus Cnty., 142 Cal.Rptr.3d 607, 278 P.3d 860, 54 Cal.4th 480 (Cal. 2012):
In Kadelbach v. Amaral, supra, 31 Cal.App.3d at page 822, 107 Cal.Rptr. 720, the court stated simply that "the view [that witness statements made to attorneys constitute work product] is not supported by
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