Opinion ID: 2428536
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Two of the unanswered interrogatories were:

Text: (1) Give name and address of all members of Board of Directors and officers of Proctor and Gamble Distributing Company and show which of these have interest in Proctor and Gamble Company either by holding stock, position on Board of Directors or other office or position with the Proctor and Gamble Company. (2) Does Proctor and Gamble Distributing Company purchase, distribute or otherwise handle the products of any company other than Proctor and Gamble Company? If so, show what percentage of total business of Proctor and Gamble Distributing Company is derived from Proctor and Gamble Company. It seems to us these interrogatories called for information which, even if available to this defendant, is irrelevant to the subject matter of this case. The issue is whether this defendant had put on the market a product which had proximately caused the plaintiff's injury. It is a suit for damages. Nowhere in the pleadings is there a suggestion of any relationship between the two companies mentioned. The purpose of the inquiry seems to have been to learn whether or not this defendant was but the alter ego or distributing agency of another corporation. The information might become important if judgment should be obtained and prove to be noncollectable from this defendant, but we see no relevancy to the subject matter involved in the pending action. We think, therefore, the court erroneously required answers to these two interrogatories.