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SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA

OCTOBER TERM, 2010-2011

1090938

Ex parte Ford Motor Company; Long-Lewis, Inc.; Mazda Motor
Corporation; and TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
(In re: Charles Maddox, as administrator of the estates of
James Maddox and Lula Maddox, deceased
v.
Ford Motor Company et al.)
(Jefferson Circuit Court, Bessemer Division, CV-08-1640)

MAIN, Justice.

Ford Motor Company, Long-Lewis, Inc., Mazda Motor
Corporation, and TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., defendants
in an action pending in the Bessemer Division of the Jefferson
Circuit Court (hereinafter referred to collectively as "the
automobile companies"), petition this Court for a writ of
mandamus directing the trial court (1) to vacate its order
denying their joint motion to transfer this case from the
Bessemer Division of the Jefferson Circuit Court to the
Tuscaloosa Circuit Court, and (2) to enter an order
transferring the case to the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court pursuant
to

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