Ex Parte Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Sears, Roebuck and Co. and its employees Debbie McCarley, Frank Blankenship, and Larry Collins (hereinafter collectively "Sears"), the defendants in a civil action pending in the Jefferson Circuit Court, petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its order sanctioning Sears for violating the trial court's discovery order. We deny Sears's petition.

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The underlying dispute in this case involves a workplace injury a Sears employee, Sonya Salter, suffered on December 1, 2000. On October 3, 2001, Salter sued Sears, alleging fraud, concealment, misrepresentation,…