PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. v. HOWARD

No. 55,818

233 Kan. 1025 (1983)

666 P.2d 728

THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE PROCTER & GAMBLE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, and THE PROCTER & GAMBLE PAPER PRODUCTS COMPANY, Petitioners, v. THE HONORABLE JANETTE HOWARD, Associate District Judge, Court No. 13, Tenth Judicial District of Kansas, and THOMAS D. McCARTHY, Surviving Husband and Heir at Law and Executor of the Estate of Suzanne C. McCarthy, Deceased, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Waxse, of Payne & Jones, Chartered, of Olathe, and Nancy A. Lawson, of Dinsmore & Shohl, of Cincinnati, Ohio, argued the cause and were on the brief for petitioners.

Victor A. Bergman, of Schnider, Shamberg & May, Chartered, of Shawnee Mission, argued the cause, and Mark A. Johnson, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for respondents.


Per Curiam:

Petitioners filed this original action in mandamus seeking an order directing the Honorable Janette Howard, District Judge, to vacate certain orders issued June 8, 1983, allowing discovery in an action pending in the District Court of Johnson County. In the underlying action Thomas D. McCarthy, surviving husband and heir at law and executor of the estate of Suzanne C. McCarthy, deceased, brought an action against petitioners and Shawnee Mission...

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