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YWCA OF OKLAHOMA CITY v. MELSON

Nos. 88316, 88339.

944 P.2d 304 (1997)

1997 OK 81

The YWCA OF OKLAHOMA CITY; C&H Powerline Construction Co., Inc., Ronnie's Signs, Inc.; Troy Wesnidge; Flip's Wine Bar & Trattoria, Inc.; John Vance Motors; Dalmarc Enterprises, Inc.; E & H Transfer, Inc.; Chris Hunt Water Hauling; City Glass I and II; Grisham Construction Co.; Century Martial Arts Supply, Inc.; and Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., Inc., Petitioners, v. The Honorable Gordon MELSON, Judge of the District Court of Seminole County, Oklahoma; and Dale Clayton Thompson, Sr.; and Shirley Thompson, husband and wife, Respondents. PROGRESSIVE BRASS MANUFACTURING CO., Petitioner, v. The Honorable Gordon R. MELSON, Judge of the District Court of Seminole County, Wewoka Division, 22nd Judicial District, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 24, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley D. Brickell, Mahaffey & Gore, P.C., Oklahoma City, for Petitioners in Case No. 88,316; John W. Hunt and Lucy S. Kroblin, Howard & Widdows, P.C., Tulsa, for Petitioner in Case No. 88,339.

B.J. Cooper and William C. McAlister, Cooper & McAlister, P.C., Oklahoma City, for Respondents.

OPALA, Justice.

¶ 1 The issues we are asked to decide in this original proceeding are whether in the pretrial discovery stage (1) a tort defendant may be compelled to produce financial records in advance of the judge's in-trial decision that would submit to the jury the plaintiff's plea for punitive damages and (2) if the materials sought by the plaintiff be discoverable...

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