New World Marketing Corp. v. Garcia (In Re Garcia)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FULLAM, Chief Judge.

New World Marketing Corporation sued Oswald Garcia in state court, claiming he had failed to turn over more than $200,000 under an agency contract for the sale of books. Garcia was represented in that action by the law firm of Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young. In the course of that representation, Garcia turned over to the law firm certain business records.

New World attempted, through discovery, to examine these records, but the discovery was resisted. While the discovery dispute was still pending, Oswald Garcia filed a voluntary petition in…