Mohabbat v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

ALMON, Justice.

The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Equitable Variable Life Insurance Company, and Equitable insurance agent Joe Moore (hereinafter “Equitable”), defendants in an action pending in the Greene County Circuit Court, petition for a writ of mandamus directed to the circuit court. The only issue presented by this petition is whether the Greene County circuit judge abused his discretion in denying the defendants’ motion, filed pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 6-3-21.1, to transfer the action to the Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court.

In 1993, Dr. M. Omar Mohabbat…