State ex rel. Mitchell Humphrey & Co. v. Provaznik

GRIMM, Presiding Judge.

Relators Mitchell Humphrey & Co. and Mitchell O. Humphrey (hereafter referred to collectively as Humphrey) seek a writ of prohibition to prevent respondent/judge from enforcing his order compelling production of documents. We issued our preliminary order in prohibition, which we now make absolute in part and quash in part.

I. Background

Humphrey is the plaintiff in the underlying malpractice action against defendant Price Waterhouse, a public accounting firm. Price Waterhouse provided tax and accounting services to Humphrey from 1986 to 1988.

In 1988, Humphrey discharged…