K Mart Corp. v. Sanderson

Much like Dillard Department Stores, Inc. v. Hall, 909 S.W.2d 491 (Tex.1995) (per curiam), and Texaco, Inc. v. Sanderson, 898 S.W.2d 813 (Tex.1995) (per curiam), this original mandamus proceeding involves discovery that is clearly excessively broad.

Stacey Thompson sued K Mart, a Michigan corporation, to recover actual and punitive damages not exceeding $30 million for injuries she received when she was abducted from a K Mart store parking lot in Lufkin and raped. Thompson also sued Weingarten Realty Management Company, a Texas corporation. Thompson alleged that these defendants (to whom we…