State Ex Rel. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. David

STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR., Judge.

Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA), a defendant in the underlying personal injury suit, seeks a writ of prohibition barring the trial court from taking any further action in the case other than to transfer it from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis to the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, where venue is proper. The trial court overruled TWA’s motion to transfer for improper venue solely because the affidavit originally filed in support of the petition was not notarized. TWA initially filed a petition for writ of prohibition in the Court of Appeals,…