Ex Parte Hampton Insurance Agency, 1101211 (Ala. 11-18-2011)

SHAW, Justice.

In separate petitions, Hampton Insurance Agency (“Hampton”) and Ginger A. Spencer (case no. 1101211) and Acceptance Indemnity Insurance Company (“Acceptance”) and Ashland General Agency, Inc. (“Ashland”) (case no. 1101226), the defendants in an action filed in the Hale Circuit Court by Mary Alice Patton d/b/a Hole in the Wall Lounge alleging that they failed to procure insurance coverage, petition this Court for writs of mandamus directing the trial court to transfer the underlying action to the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court. Because of the identical nature of the mandamus relief…