Forrest Gen. Hosp., J. Keith Thompson, Hattiesburg Clinic, Grif A. Leek & S. Miss. Emergency Physicians, P.A. v. Steven Dale Upton Dr. Grif A. Leek, S. Miss. Emergency Physicians, P.A.

CHAMBERLIN, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. This interlocutory appeal arises from the Hinds County Circuit Court's denial of a motion to transfer venue. Under Mississippi law, venue is determined at the time the lawsuit originally is filed. The resolution of this appeal hinges on the application of this principle to an issue of first impression for this Court: does an amended complaint, which names a new party to the suit, relate back to the time of filing of the original complaint for the purposes of determining venue? We find that it does not.

¶ 2. Thus, because the suit here was filed in Hinds…