Ex parte City of Montgomery

MAIN, Justice.

Sabrina Jackson, as the administratrix of the estate of Tony Lewis, Jr., deceased, filed a verified petition in the Montgomery Circuit Court, pursuant to Rule 27(a), Ala. R. Civ. P., requesting preaction discovery from the City of Montgomery (“the City”) and QCHC, Inc., a/k/a Quality Correctional Health Care (“Quality”) (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the defendants”). The circuit court granted that petition. The defendants have separately petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the circuit court to vacate its order and to dismiss Jackson’s Rule 27(a)…