context: Other courts take a different view of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6). Unless a corporation can prove that information was unknown or inaccessible, it "cannot later proffer new or different allegations that could have been made at the time of the 30(b)(6) deposition."
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.identifier: 26 F. Supp. 2d 82, 94
citation_a.parenthetical: binding a corporation to 30(b)(6) testimony where it offered an affidavit in opposition to summary judgment that contained a different theory of facts
citation_a.sentence: Rainey v. Am. Forest & Paper Ass’n, 26 F. Supp. 2d 82, 94 (1998) (binding a corporation to 30(b)(6) testimony where it offered an affidavit in opposition to summary judgment that contained a different theory of facts); see also Ierardi v. Lorillard, Inc., 1991 WL 158911, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11887 (E.D. Pa.) (Mem.) ("[i]f the designee testifies that [the corporation] does not know the answer. . . [it] will not be allowed effectively to change its answer by introducing evidence during trial”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "[i]f the designee testifies that [the corporation] does not know the answer. . . [it] will not be allowed effectively to change its answer by introducing evidence during trial"
citation_b.sentence: Rainey v. Am. Forest & Paper Ass’n, 26 F. Supp. 2d 82, 94 (1998) (binding a corporation to 30(b)(6) testimony where it offered an affidavit in opposition to summary judgment that contained a different theory of facts); see also Ierardi v. Lorillard, Inc., 1991 WL 158911, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11887 (E.D. Pa.) (Mem.) ("[i]f the designee testifies that [the corporation] does not know the answer. . . [it] will not be allowed effectively to change its answer by introducing evidence during trial”).