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Bad Faith Blog
July 16, 2015

Attorney-Client Privilege Survives in South Dakota

Summary: Andrews had a compensable work-related injury while working as a gold polisher for Ridco. Andrews sued Twin City Fire Insurance Co. (“Twin City”) and Ridco for the alleged bad faith handling of his worker’s compensation claim. During the course of that case, the circuit court ordered unredacted materials produced from nearly 200 claim files which Twin City claimed were protected under the attorney-client privilege. The Supreme Court of South Dakota reversed and remanded with directions.