State ex rel. Huffman v. Stephens

In this proceeding in prohibition, the relator Dollie Huffman, as Administratrix of the Estate of Kayla Rene Huffman, prays that this Court issue a writ of prohibition prohibiting the respondent Judge of the Circuit Court of McDowell County from transferring to Mercer County a wrongful death action instituted by her in the Circuit Court of McDowell County. The respondent argues that such a transfer is appropriate because the Circuit Court of Mercer County is an appropriate venue for trial of the case.

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FACTS

On July 10, 1997, the relator, Dollie Huffman, gave birth to a child whom she named…