Harris v. Liberty National Life Insurance

LYONS, Justice.

The Alabama Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) petitions this Court for relief from a discovery order. Although DHR has styled its petition to this Court as a petition for a 'writ of certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals, we believe it is more appropriate to treat the petition as one for a writ of mandamus directed to the circuit court.

In March 1996, Patricia Harris sued Liberty National Life Insurance Company, stating fraud claims and other claims related to her exchange of one type of Liberty National cancer insurance policy for another type of Liberty National cancer…