International Business Machines Corp. v. Elder

We are presented with a petition for writ of certiorari to be directed to the circuit court in a common-law action. The order for which review is sought is interlocutory and was entered pursuant to a motion for the production of documents. It should be noted that a petition seeking review of such an order will be granted only in exceptional circumstances when substantial rights of the petitioner will be lost by a delay of review until final judgment.

We have heard the petition and find that it presents a proper subject for review upon petition for certiorari. It affirmatively appears from the…