Jordan Grabel, M.D. and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Linda Sterrett and Michael Sterrett

The parameters of discovery from expert witnesses are questioned in this petition for writ of certiorari. A non-party, medical expert, retained by the insurance company to conduct a compulsory medical examination, petitions this Court for a writ of certiorari to quash an order of the circuit court that overruled the expert’s objections to a subpoena duces tecum. He argues the court departed from the essential requirements of the law in overruling his objections. We agree and grant the petition.

The plaintiffs filed an uninsured motorists’ claim against their insurer. They served a Notice of…