STATE EX REL. FORD v. ADOLF

No. 52254.

724 S.W.2d 612 (1986)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. John William FORD, Relator, v. Honorable George A. ADOLF, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied January 27, 1987.

Application to Transfer Denied March 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Eric Sowers, St. Louis, for relator.

T. Michael Ward, St. Louis, for respondent.


DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Relator seeks to have a preliminary writ of mandamus made absolute, compelling respondent to vacate his order sustaining defendants' objections to certain interrogatories served them by relator. The issue presented involves the scope of discoverable information for purposes of determining financial wealth in an action seeking punitive damages.

In the underlying action, plaintiff-relator sought actual and punitive damages against defendants...

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