N.D. Texas· 2/4/2005

Merrill v. Waffle House, Inc.

Citations

227 F.R.D. 467
2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13054
2005 WL 928602

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ordering production of “all documents maintained by or for Plaintiffs, 8 including diaries and journals, that relate to physical, mental, and/or emotional injuries”
explaining view that mental diagnosis is in issue when plaintiff offers evidence of psychiatric treatment or medical expert testimony to establish emotional harm
finding emotional 3 distress damages “necessarily vague” and thus exempt from Rule 26(a)(1)(C) disclosure
noting with respect to emotional distress damages that “[c]ourts considering the issue have generally found that the identities of health providers, the dates of treatment and the nature of the treatment are relevant to claims”
granting motion to compel, since diaries and journals were neither irrelevant nor privileged and noting “other courts, faced with this same issue, have routinely ordered the production of personal diaries in response to requests for production of documents”
“[S]everal courts have found that medical records are relevant to claims of mental anguish in discrimination cases.”

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Judges: Ramirez

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Merrill v. Waffle House, Inc.
N.D. Texas· 2005-03-22· cited 65×

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