Mazda Motor Corp. v. Quinn

Mazda Motor Corporation’s petition for writ of certiorari seeks review of a trial court discovery order in this products liability case granting, over Mazda’s objections, the respondents/plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file numerous additional interrogatories (these being the third or fourth set of interrogatories filed by plaintiffs). This case arises out of a two-vehicle collision on February 19,1983, involving a 1981 model Mazda GLC automobile. The plaintiffs’ causes of action are based on specific allegations that the Mazda vehicle lacked “crashwor-thiness” because the pillars and…