Legal Opinion
United Coal Companies v. Powell Construction Company and Interstate Equipment Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 17, 1988No. 87-3431PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Chief Judge:
United Coal Companies (United) appeals from a final judgment dismissing its diversity products liability complaint against Interstate Equipment Corp. (Interstate) and Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Bethlehem) with prejudice for failure to comply with court orders respecting discovery. United contends that the court erred in ordering discovery of materials to which the attorney client or work product privileges applied. United also contends that the court erred in an earlier ruling that requests for admissions served by Interstate and Bethlehem would be deemed…
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