Cummings v. Beaton & Associates, Inc.

Plaintiffs, Thomas and Barbara Cummings, appeal from an order of the trial court that impounded the trial record and ordered the parties to refrain from discussing certain allegations found in the second amended complaint. Defendants are McDonald’s Corporation, private investigative agencies and their agents, and certain individuals who allegedly conspired to harass and intimidate a witness in related litigation and who allegedly committed other acts that “corruptly influenced the administration of justice.”

On this interlocutory appeal, plaintiffs assert that the order entered constitutes…