Dunlap v. Reading Co.

FREEDMAN, District Judge.

In this suit for wrongful death under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, plaintiff has filed a motion for the sequestration of witnesses to be examined on pretrial depositions. The witnesses are ten employees of the defendant. The motion falls squarely within Rule 30(b) and we shall therefore treat it as an application for a protective order under the Rule.

Rule 30(b) provides that “for good cause shown, the court * * * may make an order that * * * . the examination shall be held with no one present except the parties to the action and their officers or counsel * *

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