Kraus-Thomson Organization, Ltd. v. McCorhill Publishing, Inc. (In Re McCorhill Publishing, Inc.)

DECISION ON ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY EXAMINATION SHOULD NOT BE PRECLUDED

HOWARD SCHWARTZBERG, Bankruptcy Judge.

Kraus-Thomson Organization (“KTO”), a creditor of the debtor, McCorhill Publishing, Inc. (“McCorhill”) for a debt arising out of KTO’s sale of a reprint and publishing business to the debtor, seeks a protective order pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 7026 and Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. KTO wishes to preclude the debtor, McCorhill, from examining KTO’s chairman of the board, Hans Peter Kraus, based on reasons of mental and physical infirmities of Mr. Kraus. In the…