Opinion ID: 1852376
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Text: Although this Court cannot afford immediate mandamus review of every discovery order, Ex parte Ocwen Federal Bank, FSB, 872 So.2d 810, 813 (Ala.2003), where a petitioner alleges that a privilege is disregarded, id., or that a discovery order is so broad that the costs of production outweigh the benefits, id., this Court will examine such a petition for mandamus. In determining whether mandamus relief is appropriate in such cases, we are mindful of the following: `Mandamus is a drastic and extraordinary writ, to be issued only where there is (1) a clear legal right in the petitioner to the order sought; (2) an imperative duty upon the respondent to perform, accompanied by a refusal to do so; (3) the lack of another adequate remedy; and (4) properly invoked jurisdiction of the court.' Ex parte Perfection Siding, Inc., 882 So.2d 307, 309-10 (Ala.2003) (quoting Ex parte Integon Corp., 672 So.2d 497, 499 (Ala.1995)). In reviewing a petition for a writ of mandamus concerning a trial court's rulings on a discovery matter, the issue is whether in ruling on the discovery matter the trial court exceeded its discretion. Ex parte Ocwen, 872 So.2d at 813.