Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Street

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

This is a discovery mandamus proceeding. Relator Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. seeks writ of mandamus directing the Honorable John Street, Judge of the 352nd District Court, to rescind or modify his order directing that Sam Walton, the Chairman of the Board of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., appear in Fort Worth and give his deposition in a slip-and-fall accident case pending in Judge Street’s court. Andrew Carrizales, plaintiff in that suit, alleges he fell and injured himself while a business invitee in the Wal-Mart store in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Carrizales also alleges Wal-Mart was…