Saint v. Combined Insurance Co.

ALMON, Justice.

Combined Insurance Company (Combined) seeks writs of mandamus compelling the Circuit Court of Mobile County either to dismiss two pending actions for improper venue or to transfer the actions out of Mobile County.

In 1993, the plaintiffs Tim Saint and Jerry Cross separately purchased accidental hospitalization indemnity insurance policies issued by Combined through its agent Mack Pyle. According to these plaintiffs, Pyle represented to them that the policies would provide coverage for hospitalization resulting from either sickness or accident, for six months from the date of…