Murphy v. Piper, Civ. In this class action, the court denied sanctions for a late-stage 2.5 million-page document production. None of that discovery was irrelevant or nonresponsive, making this a case of “be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.” The...
Elkharwily v. Franciscan Health Sys., No. 3:15-cv-05579-RJB (W.D. Wash. July 29, 2016). After a previous order granting the plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery of “live” e-mails, the court denied the plaintiff’s motion as it related to archived e-mails, finding...
LaBrier v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., No. 2:15-cv-04093-NKL, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61246 (W.D. Mo. May 9, 2016). Where the defendant objected to providing the plaintiff with access to information or even a list of its database fields, the court upheld a discovery...
Sunderland v. Suffolk Cty., No. CV 13-4838 (JFB)(AKT), 2016 WL 3264169 (E.D.N.Y. June 14, 2016). In a civil rights action alleging deliberate indifference to medical needs, the magistrate judge granted the plaintiff’s motion to compel, ordering the individual...