Able Supply Co. v. Moye

in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice GONZALEZ, Justice HIGHTOWER, Justice HECHT, Justice CORNYN, Justice GAMMAGE and Justice ENOCH join.

In this mass products liability suit involving over 3,000 plaintiffs and nearly 300 defendants, sixty-three of the defendants request mandamus relief from the trial court’s refusal to compel an answer to an interrogatory filed nearly eight years ago which requests the identification of physicians who have attributed any plaintiff’s alleged injury to a specific product manufactured or supplied by a defendant. Under the facts of this case, we hold that the…