State ex rel. Helt v. O'Malley

Permanent Order in Prohibition

HOLLIGER, Judge.

We issued a preliminary writ of prohibition to bar respondent from withholding discovery of financial records of a party against whom a punitive damage claim was made until such time as a submissible claim for punitive damages has been made. We now make our preliminary rule absolute.

*624Relator Michael Helt (“Helt”) is a defendant in an action filed by UMB Bank, n.a. (“UMB”) seeking to enforce a personal guaranty regarding a business loan. Helt has filed a counterclaim against UMB and two UMB bank employees, Robert Harr and Allen Jenks, alleging…