Kilgo v. Smith

MAIN, Justice.

One of the defendants below, Robert Bosch LLC (“Bosch”), petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Eto-wah Circuit Court (“the trial court”) to vacate or, in the alternative, to amend the provisions of its order granting the request for production of Bosch’s “air bag system Electronic Control Unit” (“ECU”) filed by the plaintiff below, Dorothy Kilgo (“Kil-go”), individually and as the personal representative of the estate of Ernest Ronald Kilgo, Jr., deceased. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

I. Facts and Procedural History

On March 17, 2011, Kilgo and her…