Sowards v. Hills Materials Co.

AMUNDSON, Justice.

Paul Sowards appeals the circuit court’s affirmance of the South Dakota Department of Labor’s order permitting discovery by Hills Materials Company and Maryland Casualty Company. We affirm.

FACTS

On January 19, 1990, Paul Sowards (So-wards) became injured while working for Hills Materials Company (Employer). A stool broke as Sowards was stepping onto it, causing him to fall and sustain injuries to his right foot, ankle, knee, and hip. Some months after the accident, Sowards began experiencing impotency as well as inflammation of the right testicle. Eventually, in March 1992,…