Otherwise discovered definition
Otherwise discovered in sub. (4) (c) means discovered outside of mediation, not discovered outside the bounds of formal civil discovery. By its terms, sub. (4) (c) is intended to prevent a party from making pre−existing, unprivileged information priv- ileged, simply by communicating in the course of a mediation. Dyer v. Waste Man- agement of Wisconsin, Inc. 2008 WI App 128, 313 Wis. 2d 803, 758 N.W.2d 167,