Legal Field: Civil Litigation
Focus Area: Proportionality
CASES:
The Physicians All. Corp. v. WellCare Health Ins. of Ariz., Inc., No. 16-203-SDD-RLB, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31001 (M.D. La. Feb. 27, 2018)
Klipsch Grp., Inc. v. ePRO E-Commerce Ltd., 880 F.3d 620 (2d Cir. 2018)
Motorola Sols., Inc. v. Hytera Communs. Corp., 314 F. Supp. 3d 931 (N.D. Ill. 2018) (this is the case information needed for this assignment)
INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Briefly discuss the facts of each case, specifically related to the courts' imposition of sanctions (or not).
2) How did these courts consider the concept of proportionality when imposing sanctions? Give specific examples from each court's opinion.
3) Discuss the element(s) the Motorola Solutions, Inc. court considered in reversing its own prior ruling which granted Plaintiff's discovery request.