State v. Superior Court, in and for Pima County

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Judge.

The real party in interest is the defendant in a pending prosecution for vehicular manslaughter. The subject of this special action is an order of the respondent court granting her motion for a protective order which precluded the state from taking the deposition of Lionel L. Brown, a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance Company. Since petitioner has no remedy by appeal, and the circumstances require appellate intervention by way of special action, we assume jurisdiction.

Real party in interest (hereinafter defendant), an insured of State Farm, was involved in a car…