Ex Parte Orkin, Inc.

Orkin, Inc., d/b/a Orkin Pest Control, petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate those portions of its orders of January 25, 2006, and April 3, 2006, directing Orkin to produce (a) all depositions of Orkin's corporate representatives in actions involving fraud and termite treatment, and (b) its Alabama customer files for the years 1978 to 2002 (hereinafter referred to collectively as "the contested items"). For the reasons stated below, we grant the petition.

Procedural History

In March 2004 Larry Touart and Sandra Touart sued Orkin and Howard Holmes in the St. Clair…