Ciunci, Inc. v. Logan

OPINION

This matter came before a panel of this court on December 20, 1994, pursuant to an order directing the parties to appear and show cause why the issues raised in this appeal should not be summarily decided. In this case the court granted the defendant’s petition for the issuance of a writ of certiora-ri to review a pretrial discovery order requiring him to travel from Louisiana, his state of residence, to Rhode Island for the taking of his pretrial deposition by the plaintiff company.

After reviewing the memoranda submitted by the parties and after hearing their counsel in oral argument,…