GENERAL TIRE, INC. v. KEPPLE

No. 96-0425.

970 S.W.2d 520 (1998)

GENERAL TIRE, INC., Petitioner, v. Kenneth KEPPLE, a/n/f of Kyle E. Kepple, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas T. Gosda, Ann Moore, Lynne Liberato, Alene Ross Levy, Houston, Ann Whitley, Dallas, Jeffrey Casto, Akron, for Petitioner

Bill D. Fountain, Austin, Russell L. Cook, Jr., Lynn Bradshaw Burford, David W. Holman, Houston, Donald D. Colburn, Phoenix, AZ, for Respondents.


HECHT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, and GONZALEZ, ENOCH, OWEN, BAKER and ABBOTT, Justices, join.

After settling and dismissing Kenneth Kepple's suit against General Tire, Inc., Kepple's attorneys moved on their own behalf to vacate a protective order issued pursuant to Rule 166b(5)(c) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure,1 which restricted their disclosure of documents General produced...

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