Webster v. Southeast Alabama Timber Harvesting, LLC

Southeast Alabama Timber Harvesting, LLC (“Southeast”), and Michael J. Smith petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Chambers Circuit Court to vacate its order denying their motion to transfer the underlying action to Lee County on the ground of forum non conve-niens and to enter an order granting their motion. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

I. Facts and Procedural History

On February 22, 2011, a vehicle being driven by Patricia Gail Webster on Mar-vyn Parkway in Lee County allegedly collided with timber that had come loose from a tractor-trailer rig owned by…