Legal Opinion
Shipes v. BIC Corp.
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided March 11, 1994No. Civ. A. No. 93-174-2-MAC (WDO)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
OWENS, Chief Judge.
Defendant BIC Corporation (“BIC”) has moved the court for a protective order pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(c) to prevent the discovery of certain material. After reviewing the documents in camera and carefully considering the easelaw and arguments of counsel, the court issues the following order.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff instituted this products liability action after allegedly being burned by a defective BIC MOD-II disposable lighter. Plaintiff seeks punitive damages for BIC’s conscious indifference to the lighter’s defects. The court ordered production of…
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