LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY v. NATIONAL STANDARD, LLC, 1:09 CV 1886. (2012)
Court: District Court, N.D. Ohio
Number: infdco20120425f20
Visitors: 6
Filed: Apr. 23, 2012
Latest Update: Apr. 23, 2012
Summary: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DONALD C. NUGENT, District Judge. This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff, Lincoln Electric's Motion and Memorandum in Support to Compel the Further Deposition of Dr. Robert Sturges. (ECF #212). Lincoln Electric contends that Dr. Sturges may have been improperly coached by defense counsel during breaks in the deposition and that it was prevented from inquiring of Dr. Sturges whether this indeed occurred. Without agreeing that communications between an attorney
Summary: MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DONALD C. NUGENT, District Judge. This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff, Lincoln Electric's Motion and Memorandum in Support to Compel the Further Deposition of Dr. Robert Sturges. (ECF #212). Lincoln Electric contends that Dr. Sturges may have been improperly coached by defense counsel during breaks in the deposition and that it was prevented from inquiring of Dr. Sturges whether this indeed occurred. Without agreeing that communications between an attorney ..
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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
DONALD C. NUGENT, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff, Lincoln Electric's Motion and Memorandum in Support to Compel the Further Deposition of Dr. Robert Sturges. (ECF #212). Lincoln Electric contends that Dr. Sturges may have been improperly coached by defense counsel during breaks in the deposition and that it was prevented from inquiring of Dr. Sturges whether this indeed occurred. Without agreeing that communications between an attorney and a deponent are necessarily improper, the Court finds that further deposition on the specific issues raised in the motion, (1) whether communications between Dr. Sturges and defense counsel occurred during the deposition breaks, and (2)whether those communications involved improper coaching as to Dr. Sturges' deposition testimony, is warranted. National Standard is to make Dr. Sturges available for further deposition, not to exceed 90 minutes, on this topic. Lincoln Electric's Motion to Compel Further Deposition of Dr. Robert Sturges (ECF #212) is, therefore, granted.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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