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EX PARTE HIGGINS

82-244.

434 So.2d 1376 (1983)

Ex parte Rebecca R. HIGGINS, Frank L. Higgins, and Frank L. Higgins and Rebecca R. Higgins, as next friends of Cindy D. Higgins. (In re Rebecca R. HIGGINS, Frank L. Higgins, and Frank L. Higgins and Rebecca R. Higgins, as next friends of Cindy D. Higgins v. The NATIONAL LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, Sidney Wilson, etc., et al.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Lavette, Birmingham, for petitioners.

John B. Tally, Jr. of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, for respondents.

MADDOX, Justice.

The Court is asked to decide if there was an abuse of discretion by the trial court in granting respondent's motion for protective order and overruling both petitioners' motion to compel discovery and motion to reconsider, thus supporting petitioners' request for the issuance of a writ of mandamus. We find no abuse of discretion, and we deny the writ.

On May 19, 1982, petitioners Frank L. Higgins and Rebecca R. Higgins, on their own behalf...

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