Dr. Norma Scott was the head of the orthopedics department at a hospital. His contract with the

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Dr. Norma Scott was the head of the orthopedics department at a hospital. His contract with the hospital provided for $14 million in severance pay if he was fired without cause. When the hospital fired him, he filed suit seeking his $14 million. He used the hospital's email system to send emails to his lawyer. The hospital notified him that it had copies of these emails, which it planned to read. He said that, because the emails were protected by the attorney-client privilege, the hospital did not have this right. Could Scott's former employer read his emails?
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Introduction to Business Law

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Authors: Jeffrey F. Beatty, Susan S. Samuelson

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