Plyler v. Gordon

HARTSHORNE, District Judge.

On discovery, plaintiff seeks answers to questions concerning insurance coverage, particularly with reference to the policy provisions that the defendant carried on his tractor involved in the accident on which the suit is based. These questions were propounded at a deposition of the defendant. Defendant refused to answer. Plaintiff has therefore moved for an order directing an answer.

The defendant contends that questions as to insurance coverage are irrelevant and immaterial to the issues presented by the case, that such evidence would not be admissible at trial,…