in Re Ford Motor Company and Ken Stoepel Ford, Inc.

In this design-defect case, the plaintiff sought to expose potential bias of the defendant’s two testifying experts by inquiring at their depositions into the frequency with which they testified in favor of design-defect defendants. To further explore bias, the plaintiff now seeks to depose a corporate representative of each expert’s employer. We hold that on the facts of this case, the Rules of Civil Procedure do not permit such discovery and we conditionally grant mandamus relief.

This suit arises from injuries plaintiff Saul Morales sustained after a Ford vehicle ran over him. Morales had…