Ohio Federal Court Declines to Sanction Plaintiffs for Role in Discovery Dispute

CLEVELAND -- An Ohio court has denied a defense motion to sanction plaintiff attorneys for their alleged failure to comply with discovery orders, opining that it accepted the plaintiffs' position that "they have done the best they can at this point to answer the interrogatory." Baker, et al. v. Chevron USA Inc., et al., No. 05-227 (S.D. Ohio).

However, in the March 16 opinion, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio warned the plaintiffs that if they failed to supplement their answers in a timely fashion or if their expert reports failed to provide specificity, Chevron could …