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· 9/9/1937

Nordman v. Carlson

Citations

  • 291 Ill. App. 438
  • 10 N.E.2d 53
  • 1937 Ill. App. LEXIS 494

How courts have described this case

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  • denying mandamus relief from a discovery stay except allowing the deposition of the seventy-one year old plaintiff
  • denying mandamus relief from a discovery stay except allowing the deposition of the seventy-one year old plaintiff
  • directing district court to allow Rule 27(a) deposition because “it would be ignoring the facts of life to say that a 71-year old witness will be available, to give his deposition or testimony, at an undeterminable future date”
  • concerns over advanced age of a witness could be allevi- ated by permitting a deposition to preserve testimony, and did not prevent a stay
  • court permitted Rule 27(a) deposition of 71-year old witness in suit that had been stayed pending resolution of parallel criminal prosecution
  • order denying leave to depose 71-year-old witness

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