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Illinois Court of Appeals Reverses Order Permitting Forensic Imaging of Plaintiff Computer
In Carlson v. Jerousek, et. al., Case No. 15-1248 (Ill. App. Ct., Dec. 15, 2016), Plaintiff sued Defendants when his car was rear-ended by a bus operated by Defendants. He alleged physical and cognitive disabilities, emotional distress, disfigurement, and loss of normal life. Defendants admitted liability but contested the extent
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Plaintiff Motion to Compel Denied for Overbreadth when Manual Review of 278,000 Records Required
In Meredith v. United Collection Bureau, Inc., Plaintiff alleges that Defendant, a debt collection service, violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by making multiple phone calls to Plaintiff’s cell phone to collect on a debt, leaving multiple voicemail messages. The messages were pre-recorded; Plaintiff claimed that Defendant used equipment that
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N.Y. District Court Compels ESI Production re Workforce Reduction After Denying Other Requests to Expand Discovery
In Blodgett et. al. v. Siemens Industry, Inc., Case NO. 13-3194 (E.D. N.Y., Aug. 9, 2016), Plaintiffs sued Defendant because Defendant allegedly promised them continued employment and then terminated their jobs in April 2013. After discovery disputes, the court ordered Defendant to produce certain additional electronically stored information (ESI) from
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Eastern District of Pennsylvania Denies Discovery Sanctions Motion Against QVC
In Saller v. QVC, Inc., Case No. 15-2279 (E.D. Pa., July 29, 2016), Plaintiff sued her former employee, alleging that Defendant discriminated against her by unlawfully terminating her following a medical-related leave of absence and after she requested reasonable accommodation due to medical issues. In August 2014, five months after Plaintiff’s termination, her counsel
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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Orders Defendants to Produce Privilege Log
In Meyer-Chatfield Corp. v. Bank Financial Services Group et. al., 2016 Pa. Super. 147 (Pa. Super. Ct., July 14, 2016), the Pennsylvania Superior Court considered a set of consolidated appeals regarding various discovery orders. Plaintiff, the former employer of the individual Defendants, sued Defendants for unfair competition, poaching employees, and stealing proprietary
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Court Chides Federal Government For Inadequate ESI Production
In EW Orleans Regional Physician Hospital Organization, Inc. v. U.S., Case No. 11-541C (U.S. Ct. of Fed. Claims, Aug. 21, 2015), the U.S. Court of Federal Claims considered Plaintiff’s motion to compel further discovery responses from the U.S. federal government. Plaintiff filed suit against the federal government regarding alleged improper Medicare contracts following Hurricane Katrina. The parties