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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 09:52:29+00:00

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January 30, 2009, clarifying the two January 23 orders.
We conditionally grant the petition in part and deny it in part.
production, the McCoys filed a motion to compel discovery.
provided to a lender within the past two (2) years that identifies the assets and liabilities of each Defendant."
(ii) Produce an affidavit under oath in the format of what would have been provided to a lender as to net worth.
January 23, Judge Wood signed another order granting the McCoys' motion to compel the deposition of Dr.
Jacobs, and directed that the deposition may not exceed three hours on the record.
any, the McCoys would be allowed to cover during the depositions of Dr. Jacobs and Dr. Gunn.
ruled that the McCoys would be permitted to depose Dr. Gunn and Dr. Jacobs about their net worth.
Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 839 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding).
costs and benefits of interlocutory review. In re McAllen Med. Ctr., Inc., 275 S.W.3d 458, 464 (Tex. 2008) (orig.
S.W.3d 124, 136 (Tex. 2004) (orig. proceeding); see also In re Columbia Med. Ctr. of Las Colinas, Subsidiary, L.
when the appellate court would not be able to cure the trial court's discovery error. In re Dana Corp., 138 S.W.
3d 298, 301 (Tex. 2004) (per curiam) (orig. proceeding); In re Kuntz, 124 S.W.3d 179, 181 (Tex. 2003) (orig.
916 (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi 2007, orig. proceeding).
conscious indifference to the rights, safety, or welfare of others.
and evaluate her clotting factors to determine how well, or how poorly, she was responding to treatment.
consumptive coagulopathy before the delivery of her baby.
specialized physician to treat and manage Shannon's DIC.
S.W.3d 609, 612 (Tex. 2007); Horizon/CMS Healthcare Corp. of Am. v. Auld, 34 S.W.3d 887, 896 (Tex. 2000).
“'A petition is sufficient if it gives fair and adequate notice of the facts upon which the pleader bases his claim.
defense.'" Horizon/CMS Healthcare, 34 S.W.3d at 897 (quoting Roark v. Allen, 633 S.W.2d 804, 810 (Tex.
Tex. App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1990, orig. proceeding) (quoting Al Parker Buick Co., 788 S.W.2d at 131).
also provides an opportunity for “needless abuse and harrassment." Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Alexander, 868 S.
overly broad requests, harassment, or disclosure of privileged information).
discretion of the trial court.
entitling them to punitive damages.
act in accordance with this opinion.
Panel consists of Justices Brown, Boyce, and Sullivan (Sullivan, J., concurring).
Houston Woman's Hospital Partner, L.L.C., and James A. Collins, M.D.
discovery on a defendant's financial status. See, e.g., Iowa Code Ann. § 668A.1 (1998); Larriva v. Montiel, 691 P.2d 735, 738 (Ariz.
pretrial discovery of the defendant's financial information. See, e.g., United States v. Matusoff Rental Co., 204 F.R.D. 396, 399 (S.
Ctr. v. Krug, 2006 WL 4122148, at *4 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 5, 2006) (same).
worth. See, e.g., Bryan v. Thos. Best & Sons, Inc., 453 A.2d 107, 108 (Del. Super. Ct. 1982); Globe Newspaper Co. v. King, 658 So.
2d 518, 519 (Fla. 1995) (citing Fla. Stat. § 768.72); Smith v. Morris, Manning & Martin, L.L.P., 666 S.E.2d 683, 697 (Ga. Ct. App.
2008) (quoting Holman v. Burgess, 404 S.E.2d 144, 147 (Ga. 1991)); Breault v. Friedli, 610 S.W.2d 134, 139B40 (Tenn. Ct. App.
conducting discovery on a defendant's financial status. See, e.g., Ex parte Hsu, 707 So.2d 223, 225-26 (Ala. 1997) (citing Ala.
Code § 6-11-23(b)); Prior v. Brown Transp. Corp., 478 N.Y.S.2d 435, 436 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984) (quoting Rupert v. Sellers, 368 N.Y.
S.2d 904, 912 (N.Y. App. Div. 1975)).
Ann. § 41.009 (Vernon 2008) (providing for bifurcated trial on claim for punitive damages).
necessary to replace blood that has been lost through bleeding and to replace clotting factors used up by the body." Id.
20factors (last visited July 8, 2009).
plaintiff's pleadings to claim punitive damages, with the trial court's permission, after satisfying a requisite evidentiary showing.
See, e.g., Idaho Code Ann. § 6-160.4(2) (2008); Minn. Stat. Ann. § 549.191 (2000); Or. Rev. Stat. Ann. §31.725(2) (2007).
TCW Global Project Fund, II, Ltd., 274 S.W.3d 166, 171 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2008, orig. proceeding).
discovery response and the time of trial. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 193.5(a).
irrelevant to punitive damages determination.").
(defining net worth as “the amount by which assets exceed liabilities").
799 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1993, no writ); see also In re Colonial Pipeline Co., 968 S.W.2d at 942 (quoting McKinney v.
lists or reduce information to tangible form.'").
documents had been submitted to a lender in the preceding two years.

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