State Ex Rel. Etter, Inc. v. Neill

LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Presiding Judge.

Relator, Etter, Inc., filed a petition for a writ of prohibition to require respondent to transfer venue. We issued a preliminary order. Because we find no grounds for St. Louis City venue based merely on the residence of a defendant ad litem and no waiver of venue, the preliminary order in prohibition is made absolute, thus requiring transfer.

In 2001, plaintiffs brought the underlying dram-shop action against two St. Louis County bar-owners. In their suit, they claim the St. Louis County bars served drinks to an obviously drunk patron who then assaulted…