MASINGA v. WHITTINGTON

No. C-9579.

792 S.W.2d 940 (1990)

Fred MASINGA, et al., Relators, v. The Honorable Mark WHITTINGTON, Judge, et al., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Les Weisbrod, Virginia W. Patrizi, and Michael S. Box, Dallas, for relators.

Thomas L. Cox, Dallas, Dorothy Prengler, and Richard Bernays, Dallas, for respondent.


OPINION

SPEARS, Justice.

This mandamus proceeding involves a pretrial discovery order permitting a deposition to be taken only by stenographic recording and not by videotape recording. We conclude that the trial judge abused his discretion in so ordering and conditionally grant the writ of mandamus.

In an attempt to prevent the videotaping of his deposition, Nadim Nasir, Jr., M.D., a defendant in the underlying suit, sought a protective order based...

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