Eckermann v. Williams

GAMMAGE, Justice.

Lee F. Eckermann seeks a writ of mandamus directing Judge Mary Pearl Williams of the 147th District Court of Travis County to set aside her order denying discovery of certain documents of the Colonial Penn Insurance Company. Colonial Penn contends the documents are privileged under the party-communications and attorney-client privileges, Tex.R.Civ.P.Ann. 166b(3)(d) (Supp.1987) and Tex.R.Evid.Ann. 503 (Supp.1987) respectively. We conclude that the documents are not privileged as party-communications and that Colonial Penn has failed to meet its burden of establishing the…