Rock v. Ready Trucking, Inc.

Pope, Presiding Judge.

We granted plaintiffs’ application for interlocutory review to consider whether the trial court erred in granting Ready Trucking, Inc.’s (“Ready”) motion to transfer for improper venue and denying plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment as to venue.

The case arises from a traffic accident in Lowndes County on March 19, 1993, which occurred when a tractor-trailer owned by Ready collided with a van in which plaintiffs were riding. Plaintiffs filed this action in the State Court of Fulton County on May 17, 1994. They served the summons and complaint on Henry Read, Sr.,…