Ex Parte Kennedy

The defendants Dr. John I. Kennedy and Dr. Paul R. Deaton petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing Judge James C. Brotherton of the Walker Circuit Court to grant their motion to transfer a medical malpractice action against them to the Jefferson Circuit Court.

In May 1993, Patricia Royster, individually and as administratrix of the estate of her husband Jimmy Royster, deceased, filed an action in the Walker Circuit Court against the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama,1 the Walker County Commission, and several fictitious defendants. She amended the complaint in February…