Ex Parte Horton

Cecil Larry Horton and Sue Horton, plaintiffs in an action pending in the Shelby Circuit Court, have petitioned for a writ of mandamus directing Judge J. Michael Joiner to grant their motion to compel additional discovery from a client list provided to them by the defendant Alfa Life Insurance Corporation ("Alfa") relating to one of its insurance agents. We grant the writ.

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Linda Denson is an agent for Alfa. In June 1982, she sold Alfa whole life insurance policies to the Hortons — a $100,000 policy to Larry Horton and a $75,000 policy to his wife Sue Horton. The Hortons allege that Denson…