Ex Parte Price

WOODALL, Justice.

Roy Price and Price Ceiling, Inc. (hereinafter referred to collectively as “Price”), petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Montgomery Circuit Court to transfer the civil action H.L. Bean filed against Price and others to Chilton County. We deny the petition.

Bean was employed by Price in the construction industry from 1975 until October 2008, when Price terminated Bean’s employment. In his complaint, Bean alleges that, as part of his employment, Price “guaranteed [him] a sum certain of yearly compensation.” According to Bean, if he “did not reach this sum…