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LOVEALL v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.

694 S.W.2d 937 (1985)

John Howard LOVEALL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR COMPANY, INC. and Honda Motor Company, Ltd., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. Hamilton, Charles B. Lewis, Knoxville, for defendant-appellants; Morton, Lewis, King & Krieg, Knoxville, of counsel.

Frances Lee Ansley, Sidney Gilreath, Knoxville, Robert Keeton, Huntingdon, for plaintiff-appellee.

William R. Willis, Alfred H. Knight, and Alan D. Johnson of Willis & Knight, Nashville, amicus curiae for Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Ass'n. of the United States, Inc. and the Product Liability Advisory Council.

Anne R. Grant, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae for of the Ass'n of Trial Lawyers of America.

OPINION

COOPER, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents the issue: Did the trial court abuse its discretion in denying the defendants' request for a protective order in reference to confidential commercial information which plaintiff requested through interrogatories? We find that it did and that a protective order should have issued.

Plaintiff, John H. Loveall, is a paraplegic as the result of an accident which occurred while he was riding a Honda ATC...

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