Supreme Court of Alabama
Ex Parte Alfa Insurance Corporation (in Re: R.g. "bubba" Howell, Jr., and M. Stuart "chip" Jones v. Alfa Insurance…
April 6, 2018263 So. 3d 689
Summary
The Alabama Supreme Court granted Alfa Insurance's petition for a writ of mandamus, holding that the Montgomery Circuit Court lacked jurisdiction to order discovery on non‑collateral matters while an appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration was pending. Accordingly, the Court vacated the circuit court's December 18, 2015 order and the October 16, 2017 order that denied Alfa’s motion to set aside that order.