Supreme Court of Alabama January 29, 2010, 1081636 and 1081644 (In Re Sout. Ala. Regional Healthcare Auth.)

STUART, Justice.

Southeast Alabama Regional Healthcare Authority d/b/a Lakeview Hospital (“Lake-view Hospital”) and Ann M. Mottershaw, M.D., petition this Court for a writ of mandamus ordering Judge Bernard Smit-hart of the Barbour Circuit Court to transfer the medical-malpractice action in which they are defendants from the Clayton Division of the Barbour Circuit Court to the Eufaula Division.