Horton v. Maersk Line, Ltd.

ORDER

GEORGE R. SMITH, District Judge.

In this maritime personal injury case, defendant Maersk Line, Limited (Maersk) moves under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c) for an order to: (1) prevent plaintiffs’ lead counsel, Brent Savage, from “re-abusing” a deposition witness; and (2) bar plaintiffs’ use here of a prior state-court deposition of that same witness, lest they profit from Savage’s misconduct during that deposition. Doc. 71.

I. BACKGROUND

John Horton, a longshoreman, sued the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) in state court. He alleged that a GPA cargo-crane operator’s negligence partially caused injuries…