Ex Parte Turpin Vise Ins. Agency, Inc.

KENNEDY, Justice.

The petitioners seek writs of mandamus directing the Greene County Circuit Court to sever certain claims from a fraud action filed in that court. Turpin Vise Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Turpin Vise”), a defendant as to claims by the plaintiff Tommy Johnson, seeks a writ °f mandamus ordering the circuit court to sever Johnson’s claims from those of f°ur other plaintiffs in this action. Foremost Insurance Company (“Foremost”) seeks a 'writ °f mandamus ordering the severance of the plaintiff Lewis McNeal’s claims from those alleged by the other plaintiffs:

The writ of mandamus is an…