Skidmore ex rel. Skidmore v. Meade

VANCE, Justice.

This is an appeal as a matter of right from an order of the Court of Appeals denying mandamus. The appellant filed suit in Fayette County against Appalachian Regional Hospitals, Inc. for damages sustained by an infant at birth in a hospital in Harlan, Kentucky operated by appellee.

The alleged negligence occurred in Harlan. The witnesses are located in Harlan. The medical records are in Harlan, but the corporation has its headquarters and a process agent in Fayette and thus venue is properly in either Harlan or Fayette County. The Fayette Circuit Court applied the doctrine of…