Newman v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, No. 91-1971
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (7th Circuit) |
| Writing for the Court | Before POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and PELL; POSNER |
| Citation | 962 F.2d 589 |
| Parties | Jeannie NEWMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN PIER & EXPOSITION AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. |
| Decision Date | 27 April 1992 |
| Docket Number | No. 91-1971 |
Page 589
v.
METROPOLITAN PIER & EXPOSITION AUTHORITY, et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
Seventh Circuit.
Decided April 27, 1992.
Page 590
Edward E. Robinson, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.
Gerard B. Gallagher, Robert J. Morrow, Gallagher & Joslyn, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., Joseph M. Condron, John J. Fitzgerald, Ruben B. Shehigian, Jr., Claudia J. Sanders, John N. Dore, Sanders, Smith & Cross, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority.
Harlene G. Matyas, Matyas & Norris, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee Cahners Exposition Group.
Glenn F. Fencl, Joseph F. Spitzzeri, Cole, Grasso, Fencl & Skinner, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee Kaufman Iron Works, Inc.
Harlene G. Matyas, Matyas & Norris, Chicago, Ill., Kathryn M. James, Judge & James, Park Ridge, Ill., for defendant-appellee American Hardware Mfrs. Ass'n.
Before POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing a suit, with prejudice, as a sanction for the plaintiff's failure to cooperate in pretrial discovery. Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(b)(2)(C).
The complaint in this diversity tort suit, filed in August 1989, claimed that the plaintiff, a Californian, had on a business trip to Chicago been injured in a slip-and-fall accident in the McCormick Place convention center as a result of the negligence of the defendants--the operator of the convention center, the sponsor of the trade show that the plaintiff was attending, the furnisher of the display where the accident took place, and the maker of that display. Damages of $1.5 million were asked. After the defendants tried unsuccessfully to depose the plaintiff in May 1990, the district judge at their request ordered the plaintiff to appear in Chicago for her deposition by August 27. She did not appear, and the court set a new deadline of December 19, 1990. At a status hearing on October 26 the plaintiff's lawyer asked whether the deposition might be conducted by telephone, but upon the defendants' objecting the court said that that would not be acceptable. At the next status hearing, on January 4, 1991, the judge learned that the plaintiff had failed to appear for her deposition by the deadline and also had not
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Select Creations, Inc. v. Paliafito America, Inc., No. 91-C-1240
...required such a finding. Govas v. Chalmers, 965 F.2d 298, 303 (7th Cir.1992). See also Newman v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, 962 F.2d 589, 591 (7th Cir.1992); Profile Gear Corp. v. Foundry Allied Industries, Inc., 937 F.2d 351 (7th Cir.1991) (affirms default judgments for dila......
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Ball v. City of Chicago, No. 92-3358
...is termed "progressive discipline"--before dismissing a case for failure to prosecute. Newman v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, 962 F.2d 589, 591 (7th Cir.1992); Lockhart v. Sullivan, supra, 925 F.2d at 219; Daniels v. Brennan, 887 F.2d 783, 788-89 (7th Cir.1989); Pyramid Energy,......
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Otis v. City of Chicago, No. 92-1342
...in litigation they initiate, and failure to do so leads straight to dismissal. Newman v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, 962 F.2d 589 (7th Cir.1992). Although not required to do so, Link v. Wabash R.R., 370 U.S. 626, 632, 82 S.Ct. 1386, 1389-90, 8 L.Ed.2d 734 (1962); Ball v. Chica......
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Advisors v. Pence, No. 1:07–cv–00995–LJM–TAB.
...F.3d 510, 514 (7th Cir.2003) (quoting Crown Life Ins. v. Craig, 995 F.2d 1376, 1382 (7th Cir.1993); Newman v. Metro. Pier & Expo. Auth., 962 F.2d 589, 591 (7th Cir.1992)). With these guiding principles in mind, the Court examines the scope of ESI exclusion in the Sanctions Order. Reviewing ......