In 1996, Donna Meissner was on her way to buy diapers at a Beaumont (Tex.) Wal-Mart store when she was kidnapped in the parking lot and raped. After she sued Wal-Mart for providing inadequate security, her lawyers asked the retailer for a copy of any studies it had conducted about prior criminal attacks on store property—a garden variety pretrial discovery request.
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