Ex Parte Stephen Hrobowski (in Re: Roosevelt McCorvey v. Stephen Hrobowski and Kevin Ledyard)

Summary

The court granted Hrobowski's mandamus petition and directed the Lowndes Circuit Court to transfer the action to Montgomery County under the interest-of-justice prong of Alabama's forum non conveniens statute. Montgomery County had the substantially stronger connection because the accident occurred there, it was investigated there, and the plaintiff and other named defendant resided there. The court held that these connections outweighed the plaintiff's choice of Lowndes County and any possible connection based on Hrobowski's residence.