State ex rel. Upjohn Co. v. Belt

TURNAGE, Judge.

The Upjohn Company filed a petition in prohibition to prohibit the trial judge from modifying a protective order entered in the case of State v. Wacaser which had been pending in the Circuit Court of Platte County. Counsel for Wacaser had subpoenaed thousands of Upjohn’s records in an effort to prove a defense based on Wacaser taking the drug Halcion which is made by Upjohn. After Wacaser was found guilty of first degree murder, she committed suicide. Thereafter, counsel who had represented her filed a motion to modify the protective order relative to Upjohn’s records. The…