Shindorf v. Shindorf

LUCAS, Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, the petitioners, Christopher and Tracy Shindorf, the plaintiffs below, seek certio-rari review of a discovery order that prevents them from taking the deposition of the respondent, Van Bell, CRNA, 1 the defendant below. The circuit court entered a protective order preventing the deposition because Mr. Bell had previously been deposed as a fact witness by the Shindorfs’ counsel in their prior lawsuit against different defendants concerning the same underlying incident. Because of this prior deposition (which was relatively brief), the circuit…