Ex Parte Limerick, 1101201 (Ala. 12-9-2011)

WOODALL, Justice.

For the second time, we are called upon to address the validity of an order of the Etowah Circuit Court granting a new trial on the motion of Pamela Washington and her husband, Robert Washington, Jr. (“the Washingtons”). See Ex parte Limerick, 66 So.3d 755 (Ala.2011), which sets out the factual and procedural history of this action. In Limerick, we issued, on the petition of John Aldridge Limerick, a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its order granting the Washingtons’ motion for a new trial, which they filed pursuant to Rule 59, Ala. R. Civ. P. We issued…