Wood v. Safeway Insurance Co.

RANDOLPH, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In this interlocutory appeal, we are asked to determine whether the Circuit Court of Rankin County abused its discretion by denying the defendants’ motion to transfer venue to the Circuit Court of Smith County. We find that Plaintiff Safeway Insurance Company (“Safeway”) failed to demonstrate sufficient facts to support a finding that venue is proper in Rankin County. Therefore, we reverse the order of the circuit court and remand this action with instruction to transfer the case to a permissible venue.

FACTS

¶ 2. Defendant Pam Wood (“Pam”) applied…