Thornton-Trump v. United States

WIESE, Judge.

In this motion, two third-party defendants, FMC Corporation and Landoll Corporation (hereinafter “defendants”), ask the court to impose sanctions upon plaintiff’s counsel for alleged violations of RUSCC 26 (g) and Appendix G—“Procedures Before Trial”. Defendants assert that they were put to the expense of conducting a useless deposition as a result of erroneous information contained in plaintiff’s answers to interrogatories. Defendants contend that the mistaken answers were submitted by plaintiff’s counsel without reasonable inquiry into their factual accuracy.

For his part,…