The plaintiffs in two related civil actions arising from a fatal motor vehicle accident following a police pursuit brought motions under Rule 30.10 for the production of the complete investigative file of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), a non-party.
The SIU had produced parts of its file but opposed producing witness statements without consent and other administrative or derivative documents.
The court granted the motion in part, ordering the production of the civilian and police officer witness statements, finding them highly relevant to the issue of liability and that it would be unfair to require the plaintiffs to proceed to trial without them.
The court dismissed the motion regarding the balance of the file, as the plaintiffs failed to establish relevance.
