Employer Gets Relief From Discovery Order in Personal Injury Action

A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to conditional writ relief vacating a trial judge’s order compelling it to produce discovery in an employee’s civil suit for an allegedly work-related injury. Brandon Giard worked for Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. He allegedly injured his back in November 2020 while loading a lawn mower onto a customer's trailer. Giard filed suit against Home Depot, asserting it failed to provide him with a safe workplace and failed to properly train him on loading the mower into customers' vehicles. Giard then served Home Depot w...