Al Parker Buick Co. v. Touchy

OPINION

DUGGAN, Justice.

The relator, A1 Parker Buick Company, seeks relief from the respondent’s order compelling production of financial statements showing its net worth. The disposi-tive issue in this proceeding is whether the plaintiff/real party in interest, Eleanor Schirra, who seeks discovery of the relator/defendant’s net worth, is entitled to that information even though she has not adequately pleaded a basis for the recovery of exemplary damages. We hold that she is not, and conditionally grant relator’s request for a writ of mandamus.

Schirra alleges in the underlying litigation that…