In Re Xeller

OPINION

MAURICE E. AMIDEI, Justice.

This consolidated mandamus proceeding involves a discovery dispute arising out of a workers’ compensation lawsuit. Rela-tors, Charles Xeller, M.D., Medical Evaluation Specialists, Inc. (“MES”) and Highlands Casualty Company (“Highlands”) complain about the appointment of a master and various aspects of the court’s discovery order. 1 We conclude that relators’ complaint about the master is barred by laches, but that the court’s discovery order of September 15, 1998, exceeds the scope of proper discovery. Therefore, we conditionally grant mandamus relief in…