ReCor Medical, Inc. v. Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 RECOR MEDICAL, INC., Case No. 22-cv-03072-TLT (TSH)

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: Dkt. No. 115 MEDTRONIC IRELAND MANUFACTURING UNLIMITED CO., et al.,

Defendants.

10 On December 3, 2024, Recor served its third set of interrogatories (“rogs”) (Nos. 8-21) on Medtronic. Medtronic objected to rogs 14, 15 and 19 as compound, then refused to respond to rogs 20 and 21, claiming that Recor had exceeded the agreed-upon maximum of 25 rogs. The parties have filed a joint discovery letter brief concerning the rog counting dispute. ECF No. 115. In counting rogs, “most courts have followed what is sometimes referred to as the ‘related question’ approach. In an effort to give some specificity to the inquiry, the test applied under the ‘related question’ approach is generally stated as follows: subparts that are logically or factually subsumed within and necessarily related to the primary question should not be treated as separate interrogatories.” …