Sowders v. Lewis

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

Appellants, Michael Bradley Sowders, Michael Glen Sowders, and Pamela Sow-ders, appeal as a matter of right from the Court of Appeals’ denial of their petition for a writ of mandamus. In their petition, Appellants sought to compel the Whitley Circuit Court to: (1) disqualify Dr. Frank Bonnarens as an expert witness for the defendants below; (2) disqualify the defendants’ counsel who had hired Dr. Bonnar-ens; and (3) strike the defendants’ answer. The Court of Appeals denied the petition on grounds that Appellants failed to satisfy their burden of proof,…