Case Name: IN RE: The ESTATE OF William K. MCALEER, Deceased Petition of: William McAleer
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2019-02-04
Citations: 201 A.3d 724
Docket Number: No. 345 WAL 2018
Parties: IN RE: The ESTATE OF William K. MCALEER, Deceased
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 201
Pages: 724–724

Head Matter:
IN RE: The ESTATE OF William K. MCALEER, Deceased
Petition of: William McAleer
No. 345 WAL 2018
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
February 4, 2019
ORDER

Opinion:
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?