Ex Parte State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Petitioner State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company seeks a writ of mandamus directing Judge Kenneth F. Ingram, as Circuit Judge of Clay County, to grant its motion to disqualify plaintiff's counsel in Durwood L. Holt v. State Farm MutualAuto. Ins. Co., a suit pending before Judge Ingram. Holt is suing for bad faith failure to pay a claim under his uninsured motorist coverage with State Farm. State Farm argues that because Holt's attorneys or their partners have represented State Farm on numerous occasions in actions relating to motor vehicle insurance, there is a substantial…