Does a party have an affirmative duty to seek all the information reasonably available to it from its employees, agents or others subject to its control?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Toranto v. Jaffurs, Case No.: 16cv1709-JAH (NLS) (S.D. Cal. 2018):

available to it from its employees, agents, or others subject to its control.") (internal quotations and citations omitted); Meeks v. Parsons, No. 03cv6700-LJO-GSA, 2009 WL 3003718, at *4, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90283, at *11-12 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 18, 2009) (party "cannot furnish only that information within his immediate knowledge or possession; he is under an affirmative duty to seek that information reasonably available to him from his employees, agents, or others subject to his control") (internal citations and quotations omitted).

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