Ex Parte Cavalier Home Builders, L.L.C.

Cavalier Home Builders, L.L.C. ("the employer"), petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the Walker Circuit Court to transfer to Winston County an action brought under the Workers' Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 ("the Act"), by Bonnie Hicks ("the employee"). We deny the petition.

The employee, a Walker County resident, sued the employer in the Walker Circuit Court on December 10, 2003, alleging that she had suffered an on-the-job injury at the employer's Winston County facility. The employer, which manufactures and sells mobile homes, is a Delaware corporation with its…