McNenar v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

GOURLEY, Chief Judge.

These are actions under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., in which the same problem is presented in each cause of action. The questions for determination relate to the scope and latitude of interrogatories allowable in talcing the deposition of an intended medical witness by written interrogatories. Rules 26 and 31 of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.

Defendant has directed eleven questions or interrogatories to an expert medical witness who has examined and/ or treated the plaintiff which relate to the circumstances under which the…