· 7/3/1998
In Re American Optical Corp.
Citations
- 988 S.W.2d 711
- 41 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1146
- 1998 Tex. LEXIS 111
- 1998 WL 352962
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that a discovery order was overly broad by requiring production of “virtually all documents regarding its products for a fifty-year period”
- holding that discovery requests must be reasonably tailored to include only matters relevant to the case
- concluding that discovery order was overly broad by requiring production of “virtually all documents regarding its products for a 50-year period”
- holding that discovery order that included all respiratory products manufactured by defendant was too broad because it included respiratory equipment plaintiffs never alleged they used
- holding that trial court's ruling to produce every document relating to asbestos for a fifty-year period was impermissibly broad
- holding that an order requiring the defendant to produce all documents it created in a fifty-year period relating to asbestos was overbroad as a matter of law
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Judges: Per Curiam
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