IN RE TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.

No. 04-02-00588-CV.

94 S.W.3d 819 (2002)

In re TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Relators.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled January 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian K. Gary, Kurt C. Kern, Hartline, Dacus, Dreyer & Kern, L.L.P., Scott Patrick Stolley, Thompson & Knight, L.L.P., Dallas, for appellant.

Francisco Guerra, IV, Alex M. Miller, Watts Law Firm, L.L.P., Kelly O'Connor, Law Offices of Kelly O'Connor, San Antonio, Anthony L. Vitullo, Zach T. Mayer, Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo, Dallas, Michael D. Weisman, Weisman & Associates, P.C., Boston, for appellee.

Sitting: PHIL HARDBERGER, Chief Justice, PAUL W. GREEN, Justice, SARAH. B. DUNCAN, Justice.


Opinion by PAUL W. GREEN, Justice.

In this original proceeding, relators Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (Toyota) seek to overturn the trial court's order compelling Toyota to produce documents Toyota claims are privileged. We deny the writ in part and conditionally grant the writ in part.

BACKGROUND

Frank Naranjo, Teresa Naranjo, and Charles Buffington, Jr. (plaintiffs) sued Toyota for damages arising from the deaths...

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