REHM v. CLAYTON

No. 2003-SC-0533-MR.

132 S.W.3d 864 (2004)

Debbie Ellen REHM, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of James David Rehm and Nicholas James Rehm and Christina Marie Rehm, by and through their Parent, Guardian, and Next Friend, Debbie Ellen Rehm, Appellants, v. Honorable Denise CLAYTON, Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, Appellee, and Cardinal Insulation; Garlock; Ajax Magnathemic; General Electric and Former Defendants; Ford Motor Company; Philip Morris; and American Standard, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Sales, Joseph D. Satterley, Sales, Tillman & Wallbaum, Louisville, Counsel for Appellants.

Denise Clayton, Louisville, for Appellee.

Armer H. Mahan, Jr., Joseph P. Hummel, Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan, PSC, Louisville, Counsel for Real Party in Interest, Cardinal Insulation.

John K. Gordinier, Pedley, Zielke & Gordinier, PLLC, Louisville, Counsel for Real Party in Interest, Garlock.

James M. Gary, Weber & Rose, PSC, Louisville, Counsel for Real Party in Interest, Ajax Magnathemic.

Scott T. Dickens, John David Dyche, Tachau, Maddox, Hovious & Dickens, PLC, Louisville, Counsel for Real Party in Interest, General Electric and Former Defendants.

Byron N. Miller, Thompson & Miller, PLC, Louisville, Counsel for Real Party in Interest, Ford Motor Company.

William D. Grubbs, David T. Schaefer, Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, LLP, Louisville, Counsel for Real Party in Interest, Philip Morris.

J. Mark Grundy, Melissa Norman Bork, Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, Louisville, Counsel for Real Party in Interest, American Standard.


Opinion of the Court by Justice KELLER.

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellants appeal as a matter-of-right1 from a Court of Appeals's order that denied their petition for a writ prohibiting the trial court from staying discovery in a civil action pending the outcome of the appeal of summary judgments, which had dismissed some of the defendants in the case. Appellants alleged that the discovery stay "causes irreparable injury to [Appellants...

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