Ex Parte General Motors Corporation

The main opinion quotes with approval from Judge Crawley's dissenting opinion. Hilley v. General Motors Corp., 800 So.2d 150,158 (Ala.Civ.App. 1999). Judge Crawley's dissent cites Rule 81(a), Ala.R.Civ.P., for the proposition that "`once an appeal is in the circuit court, the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure apply.'" 800 So.2d at 159 (quoting Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Thompson, 719 So.2d 847, 851 (Ala.Civ.App. 1998) (Crawley, J., dissenting)). From there, Judge Crawley refers to Rule 82(d)(1), which provides for the transfer of an action that has been commenced in the wrong county. Although I…