State Ex Rel. Bush v. Elliott

STORCKMAN, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition. The relator who is the defendant in a personal injury action seeks to prohibit the respondent circuit judge from requiring him to answer an interrogatory propounded by the plaintiff which calls for the-production of a copy of the defendant’s-motor vehicle liability insurance policy. The question presented involves a construction of Supreme Court Rules 56.01 and. 57.01(b), V.A.M.R.

Robert Gene Shipley, a minor nine years-of age,, by his mother as next friend, filed suit for personal injuries alleged to have-been received as a…