Ferrellgas, L.P. v. Williamson

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Presiding Judge.

Relator Ferrellgas requests us to issue our writ prohibiting Respondent, The Honorable J.D. Williamson, Jr., from enforcing his order prohibiting Relator from obtaining discovery from the plaintiffs below as to the damages they suffered in the furnace explosion which forms the basis of this contribution action. Respondent found that, because Ferrellgas was not a party to the earlier personal injury and wrongful death suits or settlements against those alleged responsible for the explosion, it could try the issues of liability and the reasonableness of the…