Haley v. Superior Court
Andrew Hantges, real party in interest, sued his attorneysa law firm and two individualsin Santa Clara County Superior Court for professional negligence. The two individual defendants, Andrew J. Haley and Andrew S. Pauly (sometimes collectively, defendants), filed a motion to transfer venue. They contended that Santa Clara County was not the proper venue for the action because they both resided in Los Angeles County. Hantges filed opposition and respondent court denied the motion. Defendants filed a statutory petition for writ of mandate challenging the courts denial of the motion to change venue, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 400. For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that the court abused its discretion in denying defendants motion to transfer venue. Accordingly, Court will grant the petition for writ of mandate and direct the court to enter an order transferring the case to the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.
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