Civil Procedure
Aug. 7, 2026
USF loses bed to sanction players in baseball abuse lawsuit
A federal magistrate judge found that discrepancies between former players' interrogatory responses and deposition testimony are fodder for impeachment, not evidence of willful deception deserving sanctions.
A group of former University of San Francisco baseball players won't face sanctions over inconsistencies between their interrogatory responses and deposition testimony, a federal magistrate judge ruled Wednesday in a lawsuit over allegations the school covered up years of sexual harassment carried out by two of its baseball coaches.
USF, represented by HWG LLP, moved to sanction seven of the 19 plaintiffs over allegedly misleading interrogatory responses -- some of which, acco...
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