Saunders v. Liberty National Life Insurance

MADDOX, Justice.

Liberty National Life Insurance Company petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial judge to enter an order staying the proceedings in this case pending further orders from another judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court in Lawson v. Liberty National Life Insurance Co. (CV-96-1119). We deny the petition.

On July 17, 1995, George Saunders and Polly Saunders sued Liberty National and Ed Miller, alleging fraud related to life insurance policies the Saunderses had purchased from Liberty National. On February 21, 1996, Roger D. Lawson, Phyliss A. Lawson, and others…