United Oil Co. v. Parts Associates, Inc.
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
227 F.R.D. 404 (Dist. M.D. 2005)
Relevant factsFree
United Oil (plaintiff) sought indemnification from R&H (defendant) for a products liability claim alleging R&H failed to warn that its chemicals could cause liver disease, and requested discovery of R&H's litigation and claims history involving similar chemicals and products; R&H objected on relevance grounds, arguing to limit the requests only to prior liver-disease-specific failure-to-warn claims.
IssueFree
Whether, once the requesting party demonstrates a nexus between the information sought and a claim or defense, the requesting party must also demonstrate that the information would be admissible at trial if found.
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