Ex Parte Adt SEC. Services, Inc.

ADT Security Services, Inc. ("ADT"), and Alan Weatherford, the defendants in an action pending in the Washington Circuit Court, petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Washington Circuit Court to vacate its order denying ADT and Weatherford's motion for a change of venue to the Mobile Circuit Court pursuant to § 6-3-21.1(a), Ala. Code 1975, the forum nonconveniens statute. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

ADT, a Delaware corporation licensed to do business in Alabama, sells, installs, and services residential and commercial security systems. ADT has an office in…