State ex rel. Allstate Insurance v. Gaughan

DAVIS, Chief Justice:

This writ of prohibition was filed by petitioner/defendant below, Allstate Insurance Company (hereinafter “Allstate”), seeking to restrain the enforcement of two discovery orders entered by the respondent, Honorable Martin J. Gaughan, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County. Allstate contends that the circuit court exceeded its authority by requiring Allstate to produce and disclose to respondent/plaintiff below, Carol J. Tho-burn (hereinafter “Ms. Thoburn”), (1) all written complaints made against Allstate nationwide from 1986 to the present and all nationwide…