Dallas v. Marion Power Shovel Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FOREMAN, Chief Judge:

This matter is before the Court on the plaintiff’s motion to compel answers to deposition questions propounded to an employee of the defendant Dresser Industries, Inc.

As part of the discovery process, the defendant disclosed that Gary H. Beckley, vice-president of marketing and engineering for the Marion division of Dresser Industries, had the requisite knowledge to answer the plaintiff’s interrogatories. During Beckley’s deposition on March 23, 1989, the plaintiff learned that Beckley has a mechanical engineering degree from the Illinois Institute of…