Miller v. King

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

This is a writ of mandamus involving the discovery of a policy of workers’ compensation insurance.

Relator is the plaintiff in a workers’ compensation suit pending before respondent. On December 8, 1986, relator filed a request for production requesting, among *256other things, a true and correct copy of the employer’s policy of insurance in effect on the date of the accident. The carrier answered the request by objecting that the requested item was irrelevant. Relator then filed a motion to compel discovery. A hearing was held on the motion and the respondent denied the…