Daniels v. Morris, Cary, Andrews, Talmadge & Driggers, LLC (In re Daniels)

MAIN, Justice.

Albert Daniels petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus compelling the Barbour Circuit Court to vacate its order severing and staying Daniels's claims against defendants *867Joseph Morris, Tracy Cary, and Morris, Cary, Andrews, Talmadge & Driggers, LLC ("the Morris firm") (hereinafter Morris, Cary, and the Morris firm are referred to collectively as the "Morris defendants"), and also to compel the circuit court to enter a default judgment. We grant the petition in part and deny it in part.

I. Facts and Procedural History

This lawsuit was filed by Daniels in the Barbour Circuit…