OPEN INNS LTD. v. CARR

No. 95-08121.

32 Pa. D. & C. 4th 175 (1996)

Open Inns Ltd. v. Carr

Common Pleas Court of Chester County, Pennsylvania.

August 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Gallagher, for plaintiffs.

Jeffrey R. Sommer, for defendants Carr, Signature and Mardeck.

William H. Lamb, for defendant Township.

Robert C. Houpt, for defendant Erling.


SHENKIN, J., August 9, 1996.

This motion places squarely before the court one of the most troubling issues of pretrial discovery: the timing and permissible extent of pretrial discovery concerning the financial situation of a defendant against whom a claim for punitive damages has been asserted and the appropriate limitations, if any, to be placed upon the use and dissemination of the information obtained by such discovery.

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