Algie Neal v. GMTCare, LLC

Summary

The court grants Plaintiff Algie Neal’s motion to compel discovery of contact information for four former employees of Defendant GMTCare, LLC. The parties must confer on confidentiality protections, after which Defendant must provide the information; the court also extends related deposition and case-dispositive deadlines.

Holdings

1. The contact information for the four identified former employees is discoverable, and Defendant must provide information within its possession, custody, or control after the parties establish confidentiality protections.
2. Disclosure of the former employees' contact information must occur after the parties confer and put confidentiality protections in place.
3. Plaintiff may depose the four identified former employees by March 20, 2026, and the dispositive-motion and joint proposed pretrial-order deadlines are extended to April 20, 2026, and May 19, 2026, respectively.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Defendant must provide contact information for four former employees in response to Plaintiff's request for production.
2. Whether disclosure should be conditioned on confidentiality protections.
3. Whether Plaintiff should receive additional time to depose the former employees and whether related case deadlines should be extended.

Disposition

granted