Chandler v. Hyundai Motor Co.

We consider the appropriate appellate remedy concerning a trial court’s order limiting the public disclosure of certain documents.

In the underlying suit, Chloe Chandler alleged that a defective rear seat belt was a producing cause of her daughter’s death in a Hyundai Excel. She obtained discovery from Hyundai of a number of documents relating to the design and manufacture of the seat belt system. When Hyundai sought a protective order limiting the dissemination of this information to anyone not involved in this particular case, Chandler sought a hearing pursuant to Rule 76a, Texas Rules of…