State ex rel. Syntex Agri-Business, Inc. v. Adolf

SMITH, Judge.

Relators sought our writ of prohibition to prevent the production during discovery of documents claimed to be privileged.

*887The underlying lawsuit was brought by a large number of plaintiffs to recover for damages allegedly sustained from exposure to dioxin. Relators are four members of a corporate family. Syntex Corporation is the parent company. Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary. Syntex Agribusiness, Inc. and Syntex Laboratories, Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc. All four, along with individuals and other corporations, are defendants in the…