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· 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

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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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