COOPER TIRE & RUBBER v. PHILLIPS COUNTY

No. 10-1074.

381 S.W.3d 67 (2011)

2011 Ark. 183

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO., Petitioner v. PHILLIPS COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams & Anderson PLC, Little Rock, by: Philip S. Anderson , Jess Askew III , and Andrew King , for petitioner.

Dustin McDaniel , Att'y Gen., by: Colin R. Jorgensen , Ass't Att'y Gen., for respondent.

David A. Hodges , Little Rock; Allen Law Firm, Little Rock, by: Phillip Allen ; Wilson Law Firm, P.A., Helena, by: E. Dion Wilson ; and Merkel & Cocke, by: Ted P. Connell, Jr. , for real parties in interest.

Brian G. Brooks, Attorney at Law, PLLC, by: Brian G. Brooks , for amicus curiae Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association.

Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow PLLC, Little Rock, by: Steven W. Quattlebaum , E.B. Chiles IV , and Everett C. Tucker IV ; and Hugh F. Young, Jr. , for amicus curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.


JIM GUNTER, Justice.

In a pending negligence case in Phillips County, the circuit court entered an order compelling Petitioner Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. to fully and completely respond to discovery requests made by plaintiffs1 (hereinafter referred to as "Tucker Plaintiffs") and denying petitioner's two motions for protective order on the basis that it waived any objection to discovery. Petitioner asks this court alternatively for a...

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