Legal Opinion
Horner v. Rowan Companies, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided January 4, 1994No. Civ. No. G-93-357PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FROESCHNER, United States Magistrate Judge.
Before the Court is the motion of Plaintiff, Ronald Horner, for sanctions and censure of Defendant’s counsel, filed as a result of ex parte conversations between one of the Defendant’s attorneys and two of the Plaintiffs treating physicians. While this Court has been unable to locate Fifth Circuit authority, it has determined there to be a split of authority concerning the propriety of ex parte conferences with a plaintiffs treating physicians. Accordingly, the burden falls upon the Court to treat this matter somewhat exhaustively…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Patricia Thomas v. Capital Security Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Linda Marie Zambrano, and Jose E. Tafolla, Esq. Philip W. Orr, Esq., Claimants-Appellants v. City of Tustin David KreylingCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Michael K. Topalian, Roy Jacobs, Jr., Richard H. Manuel, and Bobby W. McDonald and Armando Lopez v. John N. Ehrman, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Doe v. Eli Lilly & Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Tinnon v. MartinMississippi Supreme Court · 1998
- Walker Mfg. Co. v. ButlerCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1998
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