Beaven v. McAnulty

I must respectfiilly dissent from the majority opinion because I believe that existing precedent requires that venue decisions are not reviewable by means of an extraordinary writ and that the denial of such a writ of prohibition or mandamus by the Court of Appeals should be affirmed.

Skidmore v. Meade, Ky., 676 S.W.2d 793 (1984), correctly determined that a decision to transfer a ease on the grounds of forum non conveniens is not reviewable by a writ of mandamus.

The granting of mandamus is discretionary, and ordinarily is not available to question venue for the reasons that the remedy by…