Laurel Ford Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. v. Blakeney

KITCHENS, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In this product liability/breach of warranty case, the Court is asked to determine whether the trial judge abused his discretion in denying the defendants’ motion to transfer venue when the plaintiff sued in the county where the product was located when the alleged defects first appeared and not where the product was purchased or repaired. Finding that our general venue statute, Mississippi Code Section ll-ll-8(l)(a) (Rev.2004), requires that the case be brought in the county where the product was purchased and/or repaired, we reverse and remand the case…