GARY MILLER IMPORTS, INC. v. DOOLITTLE et al

Filing 81

ORDER granting 76 Plaintiff's Motion to Compel financial information from Defendants Carter Doolittle, Brent Doolittle, Kevin Doolittle, and Landmark Chevrolet, Inc. in support of Plaintiff's intention to seek punitive damages as more fully stated in Order. Signed by Judge Maurice B. Cohill on 9/30/15. (rtw)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

GARY MILLER IMPORTS, INC.,

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Plaintiff

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Civil No. 11-178 Erie

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CARTER DOOLITTLE, BRENT
DOOLITTLE, KEVIN DOOLITTLE,
and LANDMARK CHEVROLET, INC.

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Defendants.

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ORDER ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL

Presently before the Court is Plaintiffs Motion to Compel seeking financial information
from Defendants Carter Doolittle, Brent Doolittle, Kevin Doolittle, and Landmark Chevrolet,
Inc. in support of Plaintiffs intention to seek punitive damages. ECF No. 76. Defendants have
filed a brief opposing Plaintiffs motion. ECF No. 78. Following a thorough review of the
Plaintiffs motion and Defendant's opposition we will grant Plaintiffs motion.
Plaintiffs discovery requests are proper and sufficiently limited in time. Plaintiff
predominately seeks only current and/or the most recent information from Defendants. Plaintiff
also seeks documents relating to savings, checking, money marker or other bank accounts for the
past 2 years, and financial statements or balance sheets for the past 3 years. We find that the
time frames for these items are reasonable.
We agree with Defendants that the information requested should be subjected to a
protective order at this time and not be made a part of the public record. To that extent, the
parties shall not file any document produced as a result of this Order without first seeking
permission from the Court to file any such document under seal. In addition, the use of any

document produced as a result of this Order is limited to the above-captioned action only. To the
extent the parties believe a more detailed protective order is necessary the parties may submit a
proposed protective order to be entered in this case.
Accordingly, the following Order is hereby entered.

AND NOW, this '!>0

"fay of September, 2015, upon consideration of Plaintiffs Motion

to Compel, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that said Motion is
GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants' Objections to Plaintiffs Requests for
Production of Documents set forth in Exhibits A through D to Plaintiffs Motion to Compel are
hereby OVERRULED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants shall produce all documents responsive to
Plaintiffs Requests for Production of Documents set forth in Exhibits A through D to Plaintiffs
Motion to Compel no later than October 23,2015.

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Maurice B. Cohill, Jr.
Senior United States District Court Judge

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