State Ex Rel. Delmar Gardens North Operating, LLC v. Gaertner

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

Relators Delmar Gardens North Operating, LLC, and Delmar Gardens North, Inc. (collectively “Delmar Gardens”) seek a writ of prohibition directing the trial court to quash its order requiring Delmar Gardens to produce the entire personnel file of an employee who allegedly witnessed the conduct underlying Delmar Gardens’ petition for a permanent injunction. Because employment records are protected by a right of privacy, they are discoverable only insofar as they relate to matters put at issue in the pleadings. Particular care must be taken to avoid excessive…