State ex rel. Bunker Resource Recycling & Reclamation, Inc. v. Howald

MAUS, Judge.

By its petition in prohibition, the corporate defendant in the underlying action seeks to prevent the plaintiffs from taking the deposition of a witness as the “managing agent” of the defendant. This court issued its preliminary order. Rule 97.04. The following is an outline of the procedural background of the proceeding.

The plaintiffs in the underlying action are four residents of the Bunker, Missouri, area and Simonds Manufacturing Corporation, a Florida Corporation (Simonds). The petition is in three counts. By the first two counts, the individual plaintiffs prayed for an order…