Earl v. Gulf & Western Manufacturing Co.

Gulf & Western Manufacturing Company appeals from a nonfinal discovery order entered in a product liability suit filed against it by Steven and Ella Earl. The trial court ordered Gulf & Western to answer interrogatories propounded by the Earls. It also denied Gulf & Western’s motion for a protective order prohibiting the Earls from disclosing the information discovered to persons unconnected with this case. We hold that the scope of the trial court’s discovery order was unduly broad and that Gulf & Western may be compelled to answer the Earls’ interrogatories only with respect to presses of…