State Ex Rel. Westfield Insurance v. Madden

DAVIS, Justice.

This matter is here under the original jurisdiction of this Court. Westfield Insurance Company (hereinafter referred to as “Westfield”), petitioner/defendant below, seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent enforcement of an order from the Circuit Court of Marshall County. The circuit court’s order required Westfield to produce allegedly privileged documents, as a discovery sanction, to Richard Hornbeck and Robert Lit-man, d/b/a Litman Excavating (hereinafter referred to as “Litman”), respondents/plaintiffs below. After a careful review of the briefs and listening to the oral…