Jones & Laughlin Steel, Inc. v. Schattman

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

In this original proceeding, Jones & Laughlin Steel, Inc., relator [hereinafter referred to as relator] seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the Honorable Michael D. Schattman, Judge of the 348th Judicial District Court of Tarrant County, respondent, to vacate his order of November 4, 1983, granting F. Howard Walsh, Jr.’s (plaintiff below) Motion to Compel Answers to Questions Propounded in Deposition, an order which required the completion of the deposition of W.B. Smith, an expert witness and employee of relator.

We conditionally grant the writ.

F. Howard Walsh,…