Samms V. District Court

The petitioners,  Judy Anne Samms (hereafter referred to as "Samms") and her husband, Frank Clifford Samms, have initiated this original proceeding pursuant to C.A.R. 21. The petitioners seek relief from an order entered by the respondent, the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Colorado (the trial court), which order authorized the attorney representing Dr. Michael Bjork, the defendant in a medical malpractice action filed by the petitioners, to conduct ex parte interviews with several physicians who had treated Samms. Having issued a rule to show cause why the relief requested should not be granted, we now discharge the rule in part and make the rule absolute in part.