Trinity Medical Center, Inc. v. Holum

LEVINE, Justice.

Trinity Medical Center, Inc. [Trinity], Dr. David Burnette, and Radiology Consultants, P.C., have petitioned this court for a supervisory writ to vacate a district court order compelling discovery. We conclude that this is an appropriate case to exercise our supervisory jurisdiction, and we direct the district court to vacate its June 30, 1995 discovery order and to enter an order in accordance with this opinion.

I. FACTS

Desiring to establish a neurosurgery department at its Minot hospital, Trinity, in 1990, recruited Dr. Mark De Naples, a neurosurgeon from Columbus,…