Dawnia, Thanks. I’ll check this one out. Sounds like a big fishing expedition, but I don’t know enough details. This can be more complicated than it appears. E.g. Unless there is some kind of protective order in place, a lot of people mentioned in all those documents might get some unfortunate publicity. I have done about 30 years of litigation and my experience is that judges hate discovery disputes and their initial knee jerk reaction is usually to order interrogatories answered, documents produced, or inspection permitted. Gets the motion off their desk. Unfortunately, discovery can be, and is, often used as a very effective weapon to beat down the other side with unrecoverable expense. I’ve been on both sides of that war. This is a dark side of lawsuits not shown on tv programs.
