State of Missouri, Ex Rel., Palmer Neville, James W. Neville, Jr. , and Jennifer Neville v. The Honorable Jack R. Grate

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Presiding Judge.

Palmer Neville, James W. Neville, Jr., and Jennifer Neville (collectively, “Rela-tors”) have petitioned this Court for a writ of prohibition to prohibit the Honorable Jack R. Grate (“Respondent”) from transferring Relators’ underlying tort action 1 from the Circuit Court of Jackson County to the Circuit Court of Bates County. 2 For the following reasons, this Court’s preliminary writ is made permanent.

In 2012, Relators filed their petition in the Circuit Court of Jackson County against Michael and Ava Christie and Midland Land and Cattle Company (collectively,…