Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Clark

Pope, Senior Appellate Judge.

The sole issue in this case is whether, after a corporate defendant has removed a case under OCGA § 14-2-510 (b) (4) to the county where its principal office is located, a plaintiff can amend the complaint to assert facts supporting venue in the original county. Because we find that a plaintiff is entitled to make such an amendment, we affirm the trial court’s order of remand.

This appeal arises from a tractor-trailer/pickup collision that occurred on January 15, 2001. That day, Jacqueline Clark was driving her pickup truck on Highway 225 in Murray County. Her…