A federal judge presiding over a sexual harassment case has applied proportionality under recently revised federal rules in determining that the deposition of the wife of a man accused of sexual harassment was unnecessary and would lead to the destruction of their marriage.
U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted defendants Duc Van Nguyen and Mangar Industries Inc.’s motion for a protective order and to quash plaintiff Kathy Tong’s subpoena to Nguyen’s wife, Lan Thy Knuu.
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