Peter Lobb v. United Air Lines, Inc., and the Boeing Co.

2 F.3d 1157 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Peter LOBB, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC., and the Boeing Co., Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-15846. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 15, 1993. Decided July 8, 1993. Before FAIRCHILD * , BEEZER, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Plaintiff Peter Lobb seeks a new trial as a result of claimed errors by the district court in this multidistrict tort litigation action. Lobb contends the district court abused its discretion when it granted the defendants a protective order prohibiting Lobb from deposing witnesses a second time. He argues he was denied due process because his counsel was unable to attend important pre-trial proceedings due to the district court's strict, pressured trial schedule. He claims the district court erred in admitting false, irrelevant, and prejudicial surprise testimony by a witness for the defendants. He also challenges the…