Beaven v. McAnulty

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

At issue in this appeal is whether the Court of Appeals properly denied Appellants’ writ of mandamus on grounds that Appellants had an adequate remedy on appeal. We conclude that because the trial court acted beyond its jurisdiction when it transferred the instant case on forum non conve-niens grounds, the writ is an appropriate remedy. Therefore, we reverse the Court of Appeals and remand the case to the Court of Appeals to enter an order directing the trial couid; to reconsider Appellees’ forum non con-veniens motion in light of this opinion.

The plaintiffs in the…