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EX PARTE WISCONSIN PHYSICIANS SERV. INS.

1000546, 1000553 and 1000556.

800 So.2d 588 (2001)

Ex parte WISCONSIN PHYSICIANS SERVICE INSURANCE CORPORATION et al. and Ex parte Conseco Life Insurance Company. (In re Steven R. Long and Dee Ann Long v. Gary Blaine Cooper et al.) Ex parte Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation et al. In re Ora Ruffin v. Congress Life Insurance Company et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 4, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest S. Latta and John P. Kavanagh, Jr., of Pierce, Ledyard, Latta & Wasden, P.C., Mobile, for petitioners Congress Life Insurance Company and A.B.I. Administrative Services Corporation d/b/a Corporate Benefits Services of America, Inc.

Philip J. Carroll III and David Condon of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, L.L.P., Birmingham, for petitioner Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation.

Gary P. Bolus, Gary L. Howard, and D. Brian O'Dell of Burr & Forman, L.L.P., Birmingham, for petitioner Conseco Life Insurance Company.

John T. Crowder, Jr., Michael A. Worel, and David G. Wirtes, Jr., of Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder & Brown, L.L.C., Mobile; and William L. Utsey and John J. Utsey of Utsey & Utsey, Butler, for respondents Steven R. Long, Dee Ann Long, and Judge Harold L. Crow.

David M. Cowan of Mann & Cowan, P.C., Birmingham; and William L. Utsey of Utsey & Utsey, Butler, for respondent Ora Ruffin and Judge Harold L. Crow.

Joana S. Ellis, of Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, P.C., Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.

LYONS, Justice.

These three petitions for the writ of mandamus relate to two cases pending in the Choctaw Circuit Court. They involve a common issue. Steven Long and Dee Ann Long are the plaintiffs in one of the pending cases, while Ora Ruffin is the plaintiff in the other case. The two actions stem from various allegations of fraud against various defendants. All three petitions ask this Court to hold that the trial court abused its discretion in granting motions...

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