Siniard v. Ford Motor Co.

Ford Motor Company (“Ford”), the defendant in a wrongful-death action pending in the Barbour Circuit Court, petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to transfer the action to the Montgomery Circuit Court. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

I. Factual Background and Procedural History

On April 5, 2006, Deborah S. Siniard was driving a 1999 Mercury Mountaineer sport-utility vehicle north on Interstate 65 in Montgomery County when the vehicle left the road and rolled over. Siniard died in the accident. Siniard, a Tennessee resident, had purchased the vehicle in…