Ohio Federal Magistrate Grants Motion To Compel Discovery In Franchise Agreement Dispute

(June 20, 2017, 10:04 AM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio magistrate judge on June 7 granted a plaintiff beer distributor’s motion to compel discovery in a franchise agreement dispute between the distributor and brewing companies, saying that information regarding the manner in which the defendant brewing companies have interpreted and/or enforced provisions in their franchise agreement with other distributors is relevant to the case (Southern Glazer’s Distributors of Ohio, LLC v. The Great Lakes Brewing Co., et al., No. 2:16-cv-861, S.D. Ohio, Eastern Div.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 87365)....