Phil Godlewski doesn't seem to understand when he advances claims to the court and to the defendants in writing, the defendants get discovery also. He has to support the claims he's making before the case goes to trial.

Discovery is not a one way street. It goes both ways. You can't make claims in a filed lawsuit against the defendants and then not show the court any evidence to back up what you are claiming before the trial starts. You have to meet your discovery obligations first.

Which Phil hasn't done.

Godlewski's testimony on the stand under oath in front of the jury is not going to be sufficient. He will have to provide the court with the prerequisite financial documentation.

If Phil should, let's say, claim to the court and to Chris Kelly and the Scranton Times-Tribune that he suffered great financial loss due to the news story about him that they published, that means Phil bears the burden of demonstrating the financial loss he claims to have suffered via official documentation.

The defendants have asked Godlewski repeatedly to provide documentation to verify this loss of income that he is claiming. Thus far, Godlewski does not seem to have produced to the court or to the defendants any documentation to support his claim of having suffered financial loss due to a published news story based on official police and court records.