United States Welding Inc v. Tecsys Inc

Filing 116

COURTROOM MINUTES/MINUTE ENTRY for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty: granting in part and denying in part 81 Motion for Sanctions; denying 102 Motion to Compel; Motion Hearing held on 6/1/2015. FTR: Courtroom A 501. (mdave, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty
Civil Action No:
Courtroom Deputy:

1:14-cv-00778-REB-MEH
Molly Davenport

Date: June 1, 2015
FTR: Courtroom A 501

Parties:

Counsel:

UNITED STATES WELDING INC.

Marcus Harris

Plaintiffs,
v.
TECSYS INC.

Christopher Toll

Defendant.

COURTROOM MINUTES
MOTION HEARING

10:31 a.m.

Court in session.

Court calls case. Appearances of counsel. Kathy Logren appeared as the plaintiff.
ORDERED:
[81] MOTION for Sanctions by Defendant Tecsys Inc. is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED
IN PART. The plaintiff is to produce the contact information (including telephone numbers) for
the witnesses in question by June 5, 2015. The amount of the claim for lost sales is frozen at the
earlier produced number of approximately $11 million. If the defendant can prove that there are
categories of damages with no documents to back up those figures, then those categories of
damages will be stricken. The defendant has until 6/29/2015 to provide that information to the
Court. Fees for this Motion and for appearance of counsel at this hearing are awarded to the
defendant. Costs of any additional discovery that the defendant can prove is necessary are
awarded to the defendant. The “new” categories of damages are STRICKEN as reviewed in
detail on the record.
[102] MOTION to Compel Discovery Responses by Plaintiff United States Welding Inc. is
DENIED for failure to properly confer. Fees for this Motion and for appearance of counsel at
this hearing are awarded to the defendant.

The plaintiff may designate 5 persons for whom the defendant will produce performance
evaluations and disciplinary records as they relate to the United States Welding LLC contract.
The Court is not ordering the production of financial records by the defendant at this time.
12:42 p.m.
Court in recess.
Total in-court time 02:11

Hearing concluded.

*To obtain a transcript of this proceeding, please contact Avery Woods Reporting at [phone].

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