Ex Parte Elizabeth A. Morton. (in Re Annie P. Watkins v. Elizabeth A. Morton)

Summary

The court granted Morton’s mandamus petition and directed transfer of the personal-injury action from Greene County to Jefferson County under the interest-of-justice prong of Alabama’s forum non conveniens statute. Jefferson County had the strongest connection because the collision, injury, medical treatment, and official investigation occurred there, while Greene County’s only material connection was Morton’s residence. Justice Murdock, dissenting, would not have ordered the transfer and cautioned against expanding the interest-of-justice prong to encompass convenience-prong factors.