Ex Parte Safeway Insurance Company of Alabama, Inc. (in Re Richard Thomas Kimbrough v. Safeway Insurance Company Of…

Summary

The Alabama Supreme Court denied Safeway Insurance's petition for a writ of mandamus, holding that the trial court has subject‑matter jurisdiction over the bad‑faith claim and that mandamus is unavailable because the issue is not a jurisdictional one but a merits question. The dissent argued the claim is unripe and that mandamus should be granted.