Forrest v. Powell Feed and Milling Co., Inc.
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ORDER granting 8 Motion to Compel Discovery, as set forth. Signed by Honorable James R. Marschewski on December 30, 2011. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 email, # 2 Exhibit 2 email) (lw)
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noneof the below
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agreedregarding
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is willingto furtheragreeto asconcerns
defendant
today,belowis what I understand
plaintiffwill agree'
what
parties'
dispute,and,if correct,
discovery
Siloam
for
will
information be provided followingindividuals:
INT#1: All the requested
Jackle
Logan,
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all
employees; corporatemgmt/employees,
Springs
but does
Springs
controlat Siloam
that exercises
Powell;all management
Lacey
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as
in
and
officerthere; all storemanagers; eachindividual sameposition
not maintain
and
of
with exception name,address
requested
information,
plaintiffcomFany-wide.
All
to
corresponds
Thisrequest
employees.
phonewill be providedfor all other company-wide
periodof time duringplaintiffemployment'
of
will
records be limitedto employees the Siloam
of
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that wasableto exercise
any
location, which includes management/superuisors
but
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to
corresponds
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but
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controlat Siloam
employment.
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are:
samein a timelymanner,
confirmit will be producing
plaintiff,
i.e.,plaintiffsentire
concerning
information
and
INT#2: Compensation benefits
of
description benefits'
payand benefits
records,
including
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that defendant
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of
responses, that
and
discovery
agrees to contestplaintiffs
not
defendant
produced
prior to the upcoming
depositions,
of
for
right to continueany suchdeposition a laterdate after production same. Still,plaintiff
production
of
to
that shewill not seeka court hearing expedite
makeno commitments
if not timely.
dlscovery
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Please me know if the aboveis agreeable.
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