Ex Parte Burch

Dr. Andrew Burch, the defendant in a wrongful-death action pending in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to grant his motion in limine to exclude certain evidence. The trial court partially denied the motion in limine, by which Dr. Burch had sought an order prohibiting the use of certain material and the testimony of certain proposed witnesses concerning matters that had been discussed at a meeting of a medical-review committee.

Facts and Procedural History

Because this matter comes before this Court on a petition for a writ of…