Beal v. Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Co.

OPINION AND ORDER

MARSH, District Judge.

In this diversity suit for personal injuries, the plaintiff has served interrogatories upon the defendant requesting it to disclose the names of its liability insurers and the limits of their policies. The defendant objected, and plaintiff moved to compel the answers. In our opinion, the motion should be denied and the objections sustained.

The courts are not in agreement on this subject. Rule 26(b), Fed.R.Civ.P., which is entitled to liberal interpretation, provides for discovery of testimony “reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible…