Walker v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

GREENE, Judge.

Defendant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. (hereinafter Liberty Mutual), appeals from an interlocutory order directing it to comply with plaintiffs motion to compel production of certain documents.

Plaintiff HRUB Corporation uses a rubber-based cement in its business of manufacturing tread rubber for use in retreading automobile tires. A number of tires failed as a result of HRUB’s use of defective cement purchased from Midwest Rubber Manufacturing Co. (hereinafter Midwest) and The General Tire and Rubber Co. (hereinafter General Tire). Consequently, HRUB was forced to defend or…