Ex parte Benton

BOLIN, Justice.

April Steele Benton and John Benton (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the Bentons”) and State Farm' Mutual Automobile Insurance Company • (“State Farm”), the defendants below, petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Bibb Circuit Court to vacate its July 18, 2016, order denying the Bentons’ and State Farm’s motion to transfer this action from the Bibb Circuit Court to the Shelby Circuit Court and to enter an order granting the motion. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

I. Facts and Procedural History

On December 4, 2014, April Steele Benton, a…