Ex Parte Univ. of South Ala. Foundation

788 So.2d 161 (2000)

Ex parte The UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA FOUNDATION et al.

(Re Franklin Primary Health Center, Inc. v. PrimeHealth, Inc., et al.)

1992108.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 15, 2000.

David A. McDonald, Mobile; and Vincent F. Kilborn III of Kilborn & Roebuck, Mobile, for petitioners.

Sidney W. Jackson III and Stephen L. Klimjack of Jackson, Taylor, Martino & Hedge, P.C., Mobile, for respondent.

MADDOX, Justice.

This petition for the writ of mandamus presents a single question: Did the trial court err in failing to dismiss, or to stay proceedings on, a claim, based on the ground…