McNeice v. Oil Carriers Joint Venture

EGAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the defendant’s objections to interrogatories filed by the plaintiff. Specifically, the defendant maintains that the information sought is privileged under the rulings of Hickman v. Taylor, 1947, 329 U.S. 495, 67 S.Ct. 385, 91 L.Ed. 451 and Alltmont v. United States, 3 Cir., 1949, 177 F.2d 971.

As enunciated in many decisions, the party moving for discovery should be entitled to know upon what facts the other party is basing his allegations or defenses. Prescan v. Aliquippa & Southern R. Co., D.C.W.D.Pa.1954, 16 F.R.D. 272; Forsythe v.…