Ex Parte Chapman Nursing Home, Inc.

Chapman Nursing Home, Inc. ("Chapman"), petitions this Court for the writ of mandamus ordering the Tallapoosa Circuit Court to vacate its order of April 5, 2004, transferring this case to the Coosa Circuit Court. Because Chapman has demonstrated that the trial court exceeded its discretion and that it has a clear legal right to the relief it requests, we grant the petition and issue the writ.

In March 2003, Chapman terminated the employment of two of its employees, Cathy Boddie McDonald and James A. Chapman. Chapman accused the two employees of conspiring to defraud it of over one million…