EX PARTE STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO.

1180451.

320 So.3d 550 (2020)

EX PARTE STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY (In re: Elizabeth Byars v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company et al.).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. David Fawal and Matthew A. Barley of Butler Snow LLP, Birmingham, for petitioner.

J. Barton Warren of Warren & Simpson, P.C., Huntsville, for respondent.


State Farm Fire and Casualty Company ("State Farm") petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Madison Circuit Court to dismiss the claim filed against it by Elizabeth Byars, arguing that the claim is barred by § 27-23-2, Ala. Code 1975 ("the direct-action statute"). We deny the petition.

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