Ex Parte Philadelphia Life Ins. Co.

The defendant Philadelphia Life Insurance Company petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Calhoun Circuit Court to vacate its order granting the plaintiffs' motion to compel discovery and denying Philadelphia Life's motion for a protective order. Philadelphia Life contends that the trial court abused its discretion in compelling it to fully respond to the plaintiffs' discovery requests rather than limiting the scope of the requests and granting a protective order.

The writ of mandamus is an extraordinary writ available to provide relief for "a party [who] seeks emergency and…