Kohn v. Ford Motor Co.

I respectfully dissent because I believe the majority’s view results in a substantial denial of plaintiffs due process rights. There are two grounds upon which I differ with the majority’s decision that the Wayne County trial court’s change of venue order was not an abuse of discretion.

First, the Wayne County judge considered improper factors in determining that inconvenience *320justified a change of venue pursuant to GCR 1963, 403, now MCR 2.222(A). While the grant or denial of a motion to change venue rests in the sound discretion of the trial court, the burden of establishing inconvenience or…