Ex Parte Antonucci

Joseph S. Antonucci is a defendant in an action filed in the Montgomery Circuit Court by Southern Health Systems, Inc. ("Southern Health"), a health-maintenance organization; Denise B. Azar, the court-appointed receiver for Southern Health; and D. David Parsons, Commissioner of Insurance for the Alabama Department of Insurance. Antonucci petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus compelling the trial court to stay proceedings in this case pending the resolution of a criminal investigation into Antonucci's activities as an employee of Southern Health. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

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