Seymour Charter Buslines, Inc. v. Hopper

Dissenting Opinion by

Justice COOPER.

Appellee Juanita Merrill, an Ohio resident and the real party in interest in this appeal, was injured in Whitley County, Kentucky, while attempting to enter a bus owned by Appellant Seymour Charter Buslines, Inc. Seymour is a Tennessee corporation with no corporate offices in Kentucky. On June 23, 2000, Merrill filed a civil action for damages against Seymour in the Laurel Circuit Court. On July 11, 2000, Seymour filed an answer in which it did not object to venue. On July 25, 2000, Merrill served interrogatories and requests for production of documents on…