Legal Opinion
Ex Parte BASF Corp.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 27, 2006No. 1051060PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BASF Corporation, one of the defendants in a pending Toxic-tort action, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that this Court direct the trial court to vacate its order granting the plaintiffs' motion to compel BASF to produce documents that are under the exclusive control of its parent corporation in Germany. We grant the petition and issue the writ.
I. Factual Background and Procedural History
Approximately 1,600 plaintiffs in several consolidated cases in the Bessemer Division of the Jefferson Circuit Court allege that they suffered injuries resulting from the use of the…
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