Sokolova v. United Airlines Inc

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION OLGA SOKOLOVA, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) No. 18 C 2576 ) v. ) Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole ) UNITED AIRLINES, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER A. We are told with increasing frequency that “[p]re-trial discovery under modern federal practice has become a monster on the loose and that “[p]re-trial proceedings have become more costly and important than trials themselves,’” A.H. Robins Co. v. Piccinin,

788 F.2d 994, 1013

(4th Cir. 1986). Indeed we have it on the highest authority that…