Ex Parte Suzuki Mobile, Inc.

These consolidated petitions for the writ of mandamus challenge the trial court's denial of the motions filed by the defendants in the underlying action to transfer the action from Choctaw County to Mobile County. We grant the petitions and issue the writ.

I. Facts and Procedural History

This action arises out of an accident that occurred in Choctaw County involving an all-terrain vehicle ("ATV") and allegedly resulting in personal injuries to Brian R. Frennea II. The defendants — Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd., Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., and Suzuki Mobile, Inc., d/b/a Hall's Motorsports,…