Ex Parte Pelham Tank Lines, Inc.

Pelham Tank Lines, Inc. ("Pelham"), petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Steven E. Haddock, circuit judge of Morgan County, to vacate his order granting the motion to intervene filed by "Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London" ("Lloyd's"). Lloyd's has moved to dismiss the petition as untimely. Because Lloyd's motion is well taken, we grant it and dismiss the petition. Because we dispose of the petition on that basis, we set forth only those facts relevant to that disposition.

On January 6, 2003, Hunt Refining Company, Inc. ("Hunt"), sued Decatur Transit, Inc.…