Stephens v. Life Insurance Co. of Georgia

Margaret A. Stephens and Paul E. Stephens petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Thomas R. Jones, of the Circuit Court of Bibb County, to vacate a protective order that imposed certain restrictions on discovery. The restrictions were placed upon informal interviews that the Ste-phenses intend to conduct with certain former holders of insurance policies issued by the defendant Associated Doctors Health and Life Insurance Company. The issue presented by this petition is whether the circuit court abused its discretion in placing the restrictions on the contacts with the…