State Farm Fire and Casualty Company and Maurice Lavon Robinson, Plaintiffs, v. Admiral Insurance Company, Defendant., 225 F. Supp. 3d 474

HOLDINGS: [1]-An insurer's communications with coverage counsel were privileged; [2]-The insurer had no attorney-client relationship with counsel it retained to defend an insured; [3]-The common interest doctrine applied under South Carolina law to the confidential relationship created when an insurer retained counsel for an insured, but the insurer's privilege log was insufficient to identify documents privileged under that doctrine; [4]-The privilege log did not make clear what was work product under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(3)(A); [5]-Even if an objection to an interrogatory lacked specificity under Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(b)(4), undue burden under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(2)(C) could warrant denying a motion to compel; [6]-S.C. ADR R. 8 did not prevent a nonparty to a mediation from offering settlement discussions into evidence and permitted their disclosure in response to an interrogatory.