Ex Parte US Fidelity & Guar. Co.

United States Fidelity Guaranty Company ("USFG") has petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus directed to a circuit judge of the Madison County Circuit Court. USFG seeks relief from an order granting James and Cynthia Lehman leave to take the deposition of Mark McCauley and from the denial of its motion for a summary judgment. It also seeks to have this cause removed from the Madison Circuit Court's trial docket.

This is the second time this cause has been before this Court. In our first opinion, United States Fidelity GuarantyCo. v. Lehman, 579 So.2d 585 (Ala. 1990) ("Lehman I"), this…