Paul Martin and Verla Martin v. Reynolds Metals Corporation

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• interpreting Federal Rule 27, which is similar to the Alaska rule
• party seeking deposition must be unable to bring suit or cause it to be brought
• discovery in proceeding to perpetuate evidence by potential defendant prior to suit against it
• putative defendant who makes showing that prospective plaintiff is destroying evidence may conduct limited discovery under Rule 27
• “ ‘investigation’, when liberally construed, includes the sampling and testing here contemplated”
• a defendant is entitled to use F.R.C.P . 27, upon proper showing, to preserve important testimony that might otherwise be lost

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