Defendant's Motion to Transfer Med-Mal Case From Marshall to Sherman Granted

Patterson v. Nexion Health, Inc., 2007 WL 2021327(E.D.Tex. Jul 09, 2007) (NO. CIVA 2-06-CV-443 TJW)
Judge: T. John Ward
Holding: Defendant's Motion to Transfer GRANTED
This is a medical malpractice case arising out of care provided to the Plaintiffs' decedent while a patient at the Defendant's facility in Sherman, Texas.  Judge Ward granted the defendant's motion to transfer the case from the Marshall Division to the Sherman Division.  Critical to the Court's decision that the relevant factors weighed substantially in favor of transfer in this ase were his findings that the numerous witnesses which this case concerning the decedent's health care would require were located only a couple of miles from the courthouse in Sherman, but over 180 miles from the courthouse in Marshall.  Judge Ward also noted that there was a local interest in the case in Sherman since it involved health care provided by Sherman providers to the Sherman community.