Frost v. Dangerfield

WOODALL, Justice.

Efé Dangerfield, Lisa McKniqht, Carol Murphy, and Charles Crumbley, defendants in an action in the Montgomery Circuit Court, petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to grant their motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, to quash subpoenas issued in the case. We grant the petition in part and deny it in part.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On August 6, 2009, a complaint was filed in the Montgomery Circuit Court by (1) Crown Motors, Inc. (“Crown”); (2) Forrest Frost, a director, shareholder, and officer of Crown; and…