Hunt v. Continental Casualty Company

Filing 36

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF'S DEPOSITION re 35 Letter Brief filed by Continental Casualty Company. Defendants may depose Hunt for an additional four hours. They should not repeat any topics on which she has already been deposed unless they have received discovery that was not produced at the time of the first day of her deposition that is relevant to an issue about which she has already been questioned. Signed by Judge William H. Orrick on 09/25/2014. (jmdS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/25/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SUSAN HUNT,

Case No. 13-cv-05966-WHO

Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF'S
DEPOSITION

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CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY,

Re: Dkt. No. 35

Defendant.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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The parties have submitted a joint letter regarding whether a second day of plaintiff Susan

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Hunt’s deposition should be allowed. It should. Wide-ranging employment disputes, such as the

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one alleged by Hunt, often require longer depositions of the plaintiff, the principal witness, than

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the seven hour limit in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(d)(1).

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Defendants may depose Hunt for an additional four hours. They should not repeat any

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topics on which she has already been deposed unless they have received discovery that was not

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produced at the time of the first day of her deposition that is relevant to an issue about which she

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has already been questioned.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: September 25, 2014
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WILLIAM H. ORRICK
United States District Judge