Supreme Court of Texas

In an appeal in an underlying product liability case involving a fatal car accident, a petition for a writ mandamus brought by Ford and Volvo to vacate a trial court order that declared certain Volvo documents non-confidential under a provision in a stipulated protective order is conditionally granted where the order contradicted the plain meaning of the parties- agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/22/2006
• Published 12/22/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael W. Eady, William Leonard Mennucci, Brian Hensley, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Craig A. Morgan, Austin, for Relator., Mikal C. Watts, James Hobart Hada, David T. Bright, Watts Law Firm, L.L.P., John Blaise Gsanger, The Edwars Law Firm, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, for Real Party In Interest., Van Huseman, Huseman & Pletcher, Corpus Christi, for Other., Deborah J. Bullion, Gascoyne & Bullion, P.C., Sugarland, Kevin P. Curry, Bowman and Brooke, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Intervenor.