Metropolitan Depositions Set

After months of legal wrangling, Fayetteville developer Tom Terminella’s attorneys will finally depose Metropolitan National Bank owner Doyle Rogers on Sept. 11 in Little Rock.

In his $25 million countersuit against the bank, which filed foreclosure proceedings against him on May 30, 2007, Terminella’s side has sought to depose Rogers since February.

In a motion filed July 17, Terminella’s lawyers pointed out they have attempted to schedule Rogers for a deposition five times since February, only to have MNB attempt to quash the subpoenas citing Rogers’ lack of knowledge about Terminella’s loan and his ill health.

Rogers will be deposed for a court-ordered limit of 90 minutes.

Rogers’ son-in-law and MNB board member Pete Hoover is scheduled to be deposed the same day.

Rogers’ daughter Barbara Hoover, also a board member at MNB, is scheduled to be deposed on Sept. 16.

The trial in Washington County Circuit Court remains set for Oct. 20.