Clemco Wants Plaintiffs' Firm Sanctioned for Alleged Deposition Antics

OAKLAND, Calif. - Defendants in California want a silica plaintiff and his lawyers sanctioned for their conduct during a re-opened deposition that was scheduled after the plaintiff recognized several products that he failed to identify prior to his first deposition. Macias v. Lone Star Industries Inc., et al., No. RG 05-210491 (Calif. Super. Ct., Alameda Cty.).

Clemco Industries Corp. filed the motion April 22 in Alameda County Superior Court, accusing lawyers at the firm of Brent Coon & Associates of discovery abuses that included coaching their plaintiff and "outrageous and abusive conduct" that prolonged the second deposition and cost the …