Legal Opinion
Coleman v. American Red Cross
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1994No. 93-1130PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, Circuit Judge, joined by Contie, Senior Circuit Judge,
RYAN, Circuit Judge (pp. 1098-1101), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, Cheryl and Gerry Coleman, appeal the district court’s dismissal of their negligence action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). The court dismissed their claim against the American Red Cross because it found that they had violated a discovery protective order. The plaintiffs also contend on appeal that the district court erred: (1) in applying the wrong standard to preclude the discovery of relevant information; and (2) in prohibiting the plaintiffs from obtaining…
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