Reed Dairy Farm v. Consumers Powers Co.

This interlocutory appeal arises from two orders granting plaintiffs motions pertaining to discovery matters. Defendant appeals both orders by leave granted. We affirm.

Defendant first argues that the trial court erred in granting plaintiffs motion to submit a set of interrogatories to defendant’s out-of-state experts named on its witness list. Defendant insists that plaintiff should not be permitted to submit interrogatories to defendant’s experts because the court rules authorize interrogatories to be served only on parties to a lawsuit, and the expert witnesses are not named parties in this…