Welch v. Welch

The plaintiff, John F. Welch, Jr., seeks a protective order pursuant to Practice Book § 13-5 prohibiting the disclosure of information and documents obtained through discovery and deposition.

Practice Book § 13-5 permits a court, for good cause shown, to “make any order which justice requires to protect a party from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense . . . .” Such orders may provide that discovery be had only on specified terms and conditions, that discovery be conducted with no one present except persons designated by the judicial authority and that a deposition…