Anderson v. Safeway Insurance Co. of Alabama

LYONS, Justice.

Safeway Insurance Company of Alabama and Mims Insurance Agency, the remaining defendants in an action pending in the Macon Circuit Court, petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Macon Circuit Court to vacate its order denying Safeway’s and Mims Insurance’s motions for a change of venue to the Montgomery Circuit Court pursuant to § 6-3-21.1(a), Ala.Code 1975, the forum non conveniens statute. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

I. Factual Background

Willie J. Anderson, a resident of Montgomery County, and Lowell Slaughter, a resident of Macon County, were…