Kindred v. State Farm Insurance Companies

MADDOX, Justice.

State Farm Insurance Companies and Billy Jack Mitchell, Christy Thompson, and Felicia Mitchell, employees of State Farm, petition for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Drayton N. James of the Jefferson Circuit Court to transfer an action from Jefferson County to DeKalb County.

Claudene and Herman Kindred filed a wrongful death action after their son was killed in an automobile accident. They sued Dena Wooten, the driver of a motor vehicle involved in the accident. The Kindreds also filed an underinsured motorist claim against their insurer, State Farm.

The Kindreds owned three…