EX PARTE KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.

1011037.

881 So.2d 396 (2003)

Ex parte KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC., et al. (In re Patricia Foxworth, as administratrix of the estate of Christopher Allen Durden, deceased v. Kia Motors America, Inc., et al. Debra Woodward, as administratrix of the estate of Justin Valieres, deceased v. Kia Motors America, Inc., et al. Howard Jeffreys, as administrator of the estate of Marilyn Elise Jeffreys, deceased v. Kia Motors America, Inc., et al.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing November 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

De Martenson and Christopher S. Rodgers of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, Birmingham, for petitioners Kia Motors America, Inc., and Kia Motors Corp.

Ron Storey, Dothan, for petitioner Emerald Auto Sales, Inc.

J. Cole Portis and Benjamin E. Baker, Jr., of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery; and Herman Cobb and S. Steadman Shealy, Jr., of Cobb, Shealy & Crum, Dothan, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

Kia Motors America, Inc., headquartered in California; Kia Motors Corporation, headquartered in Korea (Kia Motors America, Inc., and Kia Motors Corporation are hereinafter collectively referred to as "Kia"); and Emerald Auto Sales, Inc. ("Emerald"), located in Houston County, Alabama, petition this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Houston Circuit Court to grant their motions to dismiss these cases based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens...

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