Baycol PSC: Defense Counsel's Actions in Litigant's Deposition Sanctionable

MINNEAPOLIS - According to a recent motion for an emergency preservation order by the Baycol Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, defense counsel "harassed, and ultimately threatened" a pro se litigant into turning over confidential documents during his deposition. In re: Baycol Products Litigation. MDL No. 1431. Case No. 0:01-md-1431 (D. Minn.).

On June 5 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, the Baycol PSC moved for an emergency preservation order and discovery into potentially sanctionable conduct by defense counsel. According to the PSC, pro se litigant Terry G. Hayes was coerced by the defendants into handing over "correspondence and …