Sowers v. General Motors Corp.

WELSH, District Judge.

In these actions, plaintiffs are seeking the depositions of the defendant, Ken*563neth Wymer, driver of a vehicle owned by the corporate defendants. The defendants are unwilling to have the driver, a resident of Pontiac, Michigan, appear for depositions here, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, unless all of the travel expenses and wages lost by the driver while attending the depositions are paid by the plaintiff. The matter is before the Court on plaintiffs’ motion under Fed.Rules Civ.Proc. rule 26, 28 U.S.C., to compel the driver to appear for depositions.

A determination of the…