EX PARTE MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

1081268.

56 So.3d 604 (2010)

Ex parte MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC. (In re Shane Seaborn, administrator of the estate of Gustavo Perez Lopez, deceased v. Michelin North America, Inc., and Michelin Americas Research & Development Corporation).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Stewart III of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Montgomery; Scott Burnett Smith and John W. Rea of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham; and Robert P. Monyak and Bonnie Lassiter of Peters & Monyak, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for petitioner.

Benjamin E. Baker, Jr. , of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, for respondent.


MURDOCK, Justice.

Michelin North America, Inc. ("MNA"), and Michelin Americas Research & Development Corporation ("MARC") (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Michelin")1 petition this Court for a writ of mandamus ordering the Barbour Circuit Court to transfer this Alabama Extended Manufacturer's Liability Doctrine ("AEMLD") action to Tuscaloosa County. We grant the petition.

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