In Re American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pennsylvania

OPINION

FELIPE REYNA, Justice.

American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania seeks a "writ of mandamus compelling Respondent, the Honorable Gene Knize, Judge of the 40th District Court of Ellis County, to set aside an order granting a motion by the real parties in interest to lift an abatement order and permit discovery in the underlying suit. We will conditionally grant the relief requested.

Background

Belinda Parker-Jett and her husband Tim filed suit in 2003 against American Casualty, a workers compensation insurance carrier, alleging that American Casualty had improperly delayed or…