Guster Law Firm, LLC v. Brooks Insurance Agency

MAIN, Justice.

Brooks Insurance Agency (“the agency”); Sidney Brooks, its agent; and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company (collectively “Nationwide”) petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Jefferson Circuit Court to vacate its order denying their motion to dismiss, pursuant to § 6-5-440, Ala.Code 1975 (“the abatement statute”), and Rule 13(a), Ala. R. Civ. P. (“the compulsory-counterclaim rule”), the action filed by Guster Law Firm, LLC, and Guster Properties, LLP (collectively “Guster”), against them. We grant the petition in part,…