IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN DISTRICT
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM K. : No. 345 WAL 2018
MCALEER, DECEASED :
:
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
PETITION OF: WILLIAM MCALEER : the Order of the Superior Court
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 4th day of February, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
Do the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrines protect
communications between a trustee and counsel from discovery by beneficiaries
when the communications arose in the context of adversarial proceedings between
the trustees and beneficiaries?