April 28, 2026
Hartford HealthCare should be forced to produce 182 documents withheld under the attorney-client privilege from an antitrust lawsuit, say a Teamsters health plan and a transit district that claim the hospital group is exercising monopoly power over regional health services markets within Connecticut.
In a motion filed Saturday, Estuary Transit District and Teamsters 671 Health Service & Insurance Plan claimed many of the withheld records must be shared because they contain business or policy discussions, not legal advice. In some instances, a Hartford HealthCare Corp. attorney was copied on a message but was neither the sender nor primary recipient, according to the health plan and the transit district.
The entities also say Hartford HealthCare’s privilege log fails to explain whether email attachments contain protected information or were merely coupled to messages seeking legal advice.
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Estuary Transit District and Teamsters 671 Health Service & Insurance Plan are represented by Michael B. Eisenkraft, Christopher J. Bateman, Silvie Saltzman, Brent W. Johnson and Nathaniel D. Regenold of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Eric L. Cramer, Daniel Walker, Caitlin Coslett and Laurel Boman of Berger Montague, Douglas A. Millen, Matthew W. Ruan, Robert J. Wozniak, Michael E. Moskovitz and Samantha M. Gupta of Justice Jagher London & Millen LLC, Frank R. Schirripa and Scott Jacobsen of Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, and Jonathan M. Shapiro and Mario K. Cerame of Aeton Law Partners LLP.
Read Hartford HealthCare Misused Privilege, Teamsters Plan Says.