Turner v. Duke University

SMITH, Judge.

I

Plaintiff brings forth two assignments of error. Plaintiff first contends that Judge Barnette erred in denying his pre-trial motion to strike the notice of depositions of Dr. Rudolph Schereer in Florida and Dr. Robert Havard in California and in failing to impose mandatory sanctions under G.S. 1A-1, Rule 11 and Rule 26. Specifically, plaintiff contends: that Duke knew for months before trial of the existence of Dr. Havard, an alleged key witness, but waited until just prior to trial to notice Dr. Havard’s deposition; that Dr. Schereer was an “expert” and allowing his deposition…