Ex Parte Bama Concrete

Bama Concrete ("Bama")1 and Terry Dewayne Edwards, defendants in an action pending in the Greene Circuit Court, petition for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to transfer the action to the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court on the basis of the doctrine of forum non conveniens. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

I. Factual Background

The underlying action arises out of an automobile accident in which a concrete truck driven by Edwards and owned by Bama collided with an automobile driven by Michelle Washington Mims. The accident occurred in Tuscaloosa County, approximately one mile from…