Hawkins v. Montgomery Industries International

STEAGALL, Justice.

Rodney Edward Hawkins petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable Douglas I. Johnstone, Judge of the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, to set aside his order transferring the underlying lawsuit to Escambia Circuit Court and to restore the case to the Mobile Circuit Court’s docket for further discovery and trial. The writ is denied.

This action arises out of an injury incurred by Rodney on August 7, 1984, while working at the T.R. Miller Mill Company in Brewton, Alabama, in Escambia County. Petitioner is a resident of Escambia County. The…