Ex Parte Finkbohner

The plaintiffs George W. Finkbohner III and Sandra Finkbohner petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to compel the defendant Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company ("Principal Mutual") to comply with a discovery request. The petition is granted in part and denied in part.

Sandra Finkbohner underwent a surgical procedure to repair a ventral hernia. It appears from the evidence presented that this procedure was determined by Ms. Finkbohner's personal physicians and her medical insurer, Principal Mutual, to be medically necessary to correct an abdominal problem that…