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Correspondence between NY State Prisoners and Disability Advocates Inc. Held to be Privileged and Non-Discoverable

Loaded on May 15, 2012

Filed under: Attorney Client, Disclosure of Records, Mental Health. Location: New York.

In December 2004, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a protective order filed by Disability Advocates, Inc. (DAI), the plaintiff in a civil action against the New York State Office of Mental Health, protecting DAI from having to disclose to the defendants correspondence it ...

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