Mulvey v. Chrysler Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

The Court is asked to reconsider an oral ruling it made on February 19, 1985 under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26 concerning the plaintiffs’ motion to depose Lee Iacocca, Chairman of the Board of Chrysler Corporation, a defendant in the present action.

The matter came before me on the defendants’ motion following an initial ruling by the Magistrate permitting the deposition in question. At best, it was in the nature of an appeal filed out of time; however, in order to avoid potential “injustice and great hardship,” I reconsidered the Magistrate’s ruling even…