Zurich Insurance Co. v. International Refining & Manufacturing Co.

STUART, Justice.

International Refining and Manufacturing Company, Inc. (“International Refining”), the defendant in a declaratory-judgment action pending in the Jefferson *872Circuit Court, petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to transfer the action to the Fay-ette Circuit Court. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

Factual Background and Procedural History

From 1964 to 2002, Arvin Industries d/b/a Arvin-Meritor, Inc. (“Arvin”), operated a plant in Fayette at which automotive mufflers were produced. Arvin closed the plant in 2002. In 2003, Bell Carr and 230…