In Re Akzo Nobel Chemical, Inc.

OPINION

DAVID FARRIS, Justice (Assigned).

The issues presented by this petition for writ of mandamus involve the proper venue for a petition for depositions under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 202, and whether Rule 202 authorizes a trial court to order discovery other than by deposition.

The real party in interest, Beatrice Sem-ien, and her late husband, Anthony Sem-ien, petitioned the Respondent, invoking Rule 202, and sought a deposition preserving the testimony of Anthony Semien, an order requiring Relators to designate and produce witnesses to be deposed, and access to the site of an…