Southern Health Systems, Inc. v. Antonucci

SMITH, Justice.1

Joseph S. Antonucci is a defendant in an action filed in the Montgomery Circuit Court by Southern Health Systems, Inc. (“Southern Health”), a health-maintenance organization; Denise B. Azar, the court-appointed receiver for Southern Health; and D. David Parsons, Commissioner of Insurance for the Alabama Department of Insurance. Antonucci petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus compelling the trial court to stay proceedings in this case pending the resolution of a criminal inves*827tigation into Antonueci’s activities as an employee of Southern Health. We grant the petition and…