Cummings v. Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania

MEMORANDUM

FULLAM, District Judge.

Plaintiff’s decedent was killed as the result of a cave-in in a trench which was being excavated by his employer, Counties Contracting and Construction Co. This action has been brought against the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, on whose behalf the excavation work was being performed. Plaintiff has filed 198 interrogatories, containing no less than 314 separate questions. The defendant has objected to certain of these interrogatories, and has objected to all of them on the ground of harassment.

A brief survey of the unduly numerous interrogatories…