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Olson v. Accessory Controls and Equipment Corp.8/17/1999
The plaintiff, William A. Olson, appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing his complaint against the defendant Teleflex Lionel-Dupont S.A. (Teleflex), and the defendant Accessory Controls and Equipment Corporation (Accessory Controls). On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly (1) granted Teleflex's motion to dismiss based on lack of personal jurisdiction, (2) granted Accessory Controls' motion for a protective order with respect to certain information based on the attorney-client privilege, (3) granted Accessory Controls' motion in limine and (4) granted Accessory Controls' motion to dismiss. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The following facts, taken largely from the allegations contained in the plaintiff's complaint, are relevant to our resolution of this appeal. In December, 1981, the plaintiff was employed by Accessory Controls as an engineering technician in Accessory Controls' Windsor plant. Accessory Controls manufactured, among other things, air conditioning equipment, jet air starters and ground power units for airplanes. By 1985, the plaintiff had been promoted to plant manager and was responsible for the manufacturing operations at Accessory Controls. The plaintiff held this position at all times relevant to the allegations in his complaint.
On or about January 30, 1990, the state department of environmental protection (department) issued an order to Accessory Controls requiring it to submit a report to the department concerning the storage, disposal and removal of hazardous waste at the Windsor plant. After receiving the order, Accessory Controls engaged Carol W. Briggs, an attorney, to provide it with legal advice on how to proceed with the order. In turn, Briggs hired Environmental Management and Compliance Corporation (Environmental Management), and its subcontractor Soils Engineering Services, Inc. (Soils Engineering), to conduct an investigation and to provide Accessory Controls and Briggs with information.
A preliminary environmental investigation was performed by Environmental Management and Soils Engineering. On or about June 7, 1990, Environmental Management and Soils Engineering issued a preliminary report regarding the Windsor plant. That report, which is referred to by the parties as the Diaz report, was submitted to Accessory Controls and shared with the plaintiff in his capacity as plant manager. According to Accessory Controls, however, the Diaz report contained information about areas in the Accessory Controls plant that were not the subject of the department's inquiry. In response, Briggs identified the portions of the Diaz report that were not responsive to the department's request, information that she then communicated to Accessory Controls and to Environmental Management.
Accessory Controls asserts that it became clear that Environmental Management would be unable to separate the responsive information in the Diaz report, which the department sought, from the non-responsive information. On June 22, 1990, Briggs then sent Environmental Management a letter reflecting Brigg's position as to whether the Diaz report should be released to the department. That letter is referred to by the parties as the Briggs notice. Accessory Controls then retained another environmental consulting firm, Environmental Laboratories, Inc. (Environmental Laboratories), to conduct a second evaluation of the Windsor plant. Accessory Controls then submitted the report generated by Environmental Laboratories to the department in compliance with the original department order. The June 7, 1990 Diaz report was never submitted to the department.
Thereafter, and according to the plaintiff's complaint,
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