Toyota Motor Corp. v. Superior Court

*1110Opinion

CROSKEY, J.

Defendants and petitioners Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America, Inc., and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (collectively, Toyota), seek a writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate its order granting a motion to compel Toyota to produce five of its employees, who are Japanese residents, for deposition in California and to enter a new and different order denying that motion.. Code of Civil Procedure section 19891 provides that a nonresident of California is not obliged to attend as a witness in this state. After a careful review of the relevant…