Gray v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance

LYONS, Justice.

Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company and its agent, Charlie E. Hardy, petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the state court to vacate its order denying their motion to dismiss the complaint of Fred D. Gray or, alternatively, to stay the state-court proceedings pending resolution of a declaratory-judgment action filed by Metropolitan against Gray in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. We deny the petition.

I. Facts and Procedural Background

Hardy sold Gray a Metropolitan homeowner’s insurance policy that covered…