In Re Jennings

OPINION

Opinion by

CATHERINE STONE, Justice.

In this mandamus proceeding we must determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in transferring relator’s lawsuit for breach of contract and slander out of the county where relator resided on the basis that relator failed to properly plead a cause of action for slander. We conclude that relator properly pleaded a cause of action for slander, therefore the trial court improperly transferred venue out of relator’s county of residence.

Background

Orthopedic surgeon Paul Jennings and Renaissance Health Care Systems, Inc. and Renaissance…