In Re Daisy Manufacturing Co.

In this case, the trial court refused to set aside a protective order preventing the plaintiff, Claudia Sanchez, from deposing Daisy Manufacturing’s Chief Executive Officer Marvin Griffin. Sanchez asserts that she had attempted less-intrusive discovery methods and consequently the trial court abused its discretion when it failed to set aside the protective order.' The court of appeals agreed and conditionally manda-mused the trial court to lift the protective order, concluding that the trial court abused its discretion because Sanchez satisfied Crown Central Petroleum Corporation v. Garcia ⅛…