State ex rel. Ford Motor Co. v. Dierker

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

Ford Motor Company, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Dearborn, Michigan, seeks our Writ prohibiting Respondent, a Judge of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, from exercising jurisdiction in the underlying action on the grounds of improper venue. We now conclude our preliminary order was improvidently issued and we deny the Writ.

Plaintiffs in the underlying action seek to recover damages for the death of Marie Lampe who was killed when run over by her allegedly defective Ford automobile. Named as defendants in the action are Ford…