Toyota Denied Mandamus To Prevent Admission Of Privileged Documents At Trial

Mealey's (July 27, 2018, 10:16 AM EDT) -- DALLAS — A Texas appeals panel on July 24 denied a petition by Toyota Motor Corp., in which the automaker sought relief from what it called a trial court’s effective denial of its motion for a protective order to prevent use of purportedly attorney-client-privileged documents in a product liability trial over purported auto design defects that led to the injury of two children in an accident (In re Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., et al., No. 05-18-00839-CV, Texas App., 5th Dist., 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 5658)....