Ex Parte American Heritage Life Insurance Company (in Re Vernon Day v. American Heritage Life Insurance Company)

Summary

The court granted American Heritage Life Insurance Company's mandamus petition and directed the trial court to sever the claims against the insurer from the assault-and-battery claim against the inmate. It held that permissive joinder requires both a common transaction or occurrence and a common question of law or fact, and that the claims here did not involve an indivisible injury caused by both defendants. No separate opinions were provided.