State ex rel. Lumber Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ohmer

BOOKER T. SHAW, Presiding Judge.

Lumber Mutual Insurance Company (“Relator”) filed a petition for writ of prohibition in this Court seeking to prohibit the enforcement of the Honorable Steven R. Ohmer’s (“Respondent”) December 2, 2003 order, which compelled Relator to defend its insured Reload, Inc. (“Reload”) in pending litigation pursuant to Respondent’s earlier May 5, 2003 order. On January 12, 2004, this Court issued its Preliminary Order in Prohibition ordering Respondent not to proceed further in this matter, other than to set aside its December 2, 2003 order. The Preliminary Order in…