Pilgrim's Pride Corp. v. Thompson

This is an original mandamus proceeding by which relators Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation and Lawrence Simmons seek to compel respondent Judge Jim Thompson to vacate his order of August 27,1991, striking all of relators’ witnesses designated after April 20, 1990. 1 Judge Thompson entered the order at issue after entertaining the motion of real parties in interest Paul David Carr, Bradley Clint Carr and Charlene Carr to strike relators’ supplementations to their interrogatories. At the time this original proceeding was brought, trial was set for September 3, 1991.

In the underlying action, the…