In Re Polaris Industries, Inc.

OPINION

DAVID B. GAULTNEY, Justice.

In this products liability suit Polaris Industries, Inc. (“Polaris”) seeks a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its sanctions order that struck Polaris’s pleadings and that imposed liability on Polaris. Polaris claims the trial court erroneously found discovery abuse and violated the standards for the imposition of death penalty, or case determinative, discovery sanctions. We conditionally grant Polaris’s petition for writ of mandamus.

The Accident

Letha Irving and her husband, Robert Irving, filed suit for damages against several defendants,…