State ex rel. Teasley v. Sanders

Plaintiffs seek a writ of mandamus to compel respondent to rescind an order dismissing their personal injury action for lack of venue. We quash our preliminary writ of mandamus.

On February 27, 1986, plaintiff/relator Teddy Teasley was injured when he fell from a barge on the Mississippi River. Relator and his wife filed a personal injury action in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis against the owner of the barge, Mid-America Transportation Company, and the operator of the barge, Associated Electric Coop, Inc. Defendant Associated was served on January 16, 1987. On February 17, 1987,…