Castellanos v. Littlejohn

DUNCAN, Justice.

The Castellanos inadvertently designated Dr. Perez, a consulting expert, as a testifying expert witness as a result of a clerical error. Later, after the Castellanos attempted to “de-designate” Dr. Perez as a testifying expert and instead name him as a consulting expert, the trial court granted Kroger’s motion to compel discovery from Dr. Perez. The Castellanos now seek a writ of mandamus to require that this order compelling discovery be withdrawn. We conditionally grant the writ because, as a consulting expert, Dr. Perez’s “identity, mental impressions and opinions,” “any…