Legal Opinion
Loveall v. American Honda Motor Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1985PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOPER, Chief Justice.
This appeal presents the issue: Did the trial court abuse its discretion in denying the defendants’ request for a protective order in reference to confidential commercial information which plaintiff requested through interrogatories? We find that it did and that a protective order should have issued.
Plaintiff, John H. Loveall, is a paraplegic as the result of an accident which occurred while he was riding a Honda ATC-185, an all terrain cycle. Suit was filed in the Circuit Court for Knox County against the manufacturer of the vehicle, Honda Motor Company, Ltd.,…
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- Essex Wire Corp. v. Eastern Electric Sales Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1969
- United States v. Exxon Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
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