Ex Parte Brock

PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

Brenda L. Brock, the defendant in an action pending in the Jefferson Circuit Court, petitions for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Edward L. Ramsey to vacate his order of November 3, 1998, denying her motion to add Medicare and/or Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Alabama as a real party in interest in this case. For the reasons discussed below, we deny the petition.

Robbie and Syble Dover sued Brock, alleging that Brock had negligently or wantonly allowed her motor vehicle to collide with the motor vehicle in which the Dovers were riding. The Dovers alleged that as a…