Quarantillo v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ELFVIN, District Judge.

In this action under the Federal Employers Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., plaintiff has moved for a protective order pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. rule 26(c) which either would preclude defendant from taking the deposition of a neurologist who has treated plaintiff for back injuries over the last fourteen years or would place limitations upon the scope of such examination. Plaintiff has asserted that this physician, Dr. Yu, will testify at trial as an expert witness for him and therefore that defendant is not entitled to discern facts known or…