Case Name: Thomas G. KENNEDY, Jr., and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. The Honorable William H. HENDERSON, Judge of the District Court of Oklahoma County, Respondent
Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1990-07-03
Citations: 794 P.2d 754
Docket Number: No. 75468
Parties: Thomas G. KENNEDY, Jr., and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. The Honorable William H. HENDERSON, Judge of the District Court of Oklahoma County, Respondent.
Judges: HODGES, LAVENDER, SIMMS, DOOLIN and SUMMERS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 794
Pages: 754–757

Head Matter:
Thomas G. KENNEDY, Jr., and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. The Honorable William H. HENDERSON, Judge of the District Court of Oklahoma County, Respondent.
No. 75468.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
July 3, 1990.

Opinion:
ORDER
Original jurisdiction is assumed. Respondent, William H. Henderson, Judge of the District Court of Oklahoma County, or any other assigned judge, is prohibited from proceeding further in Deloris Poole v. Thomas G. Kennedy, Jr., and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, filed in the District Court of Oklahoma County, except for the sole purpose of transferring said cause to the District Court of Blaine County. The doctrine of intra-state forum non-conveniens should be applied to this case. Schwartz v. Diehl, 568 P.2d 280, 283 (Okla.1977); Harwood v. Woodson, 565 P.2d 1, 3 (Okla.1977); and Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Martin, 530 P.2d 131 (Okla.1974).
/s/ Ralph B. Hodges Acting Chief Justice
HODGES, LAVENDER, SIMMS, DOOLIN and SUMMERS, JJ., concur.
HARGRAVE, C.J., OPALA, V.C.J., and ALMA WILSON and KAUGER, JJ., dissent.