86-3096 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Apr 7, 1987
Susan LEVY and Howard Levy, Her Husband, Appellants,
v.
HAWK's CAY, INC., Hawk's Cay Investors Ltd.; Brandy Group, Inc., Brandy Marine of the Keys; Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Murray Ohio Manufacturing Co.; and Jeffrey Sylvester, Appellees.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Shutts & Bowen and Richard M. Leslie, Miami, and Anthony J. Oliva, Coral Gables, for appellants.
Arnstein, Gluck, Lehr & Milligan, and Carol McLean Brewer, West Palm Beach, James C. Blecke and Susan S. Lerner, Miami, Conroy, Simberg, Wilensky & Lewis, Hollywood and Sharon A. Shade, Miami, for appellees.
Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
The non-final order transferring the venue of the instant negligence/products liability action below from Dade County to Monroe County, Florida, under Section 47.122, Florida Statutes (1985), is affirmed because, simply stated, there was a reasonable basis in the record for such a decision and, accordingly, no gross abuse of discretion has been shown. This is so due to the fact that: (a) the action sued upon arose in Monroe County, (b) thirty-one of the sixty non-party witnesses in this cause reside in Monroe County, and (c) very few witnesses in the cause are located in Dade County. Accordingly, it can reasonably be said that *25 (1) substantial inconvenience to the parties has been shown below for the case to be tried in Dade County, and (2) Monroe County is a far more convenient county in which to try this cause than is Dade County. We have not overlooked the contrary arguments raised by the plaintiffs/appellants, but we conclude that none can carry the day in demonstrating a gross abuse of discretion. See Sun Bank of Ocala v. International Harvester Co., 408 So. 2d 661" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1981-12-29" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/sun-bank-of-ocala-v-international-harvester-co-7515196?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="7515196">408 So. 2d 661 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981); Della-Donna v. Gore Newspaper Co., 390 So. 2d 87" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1980-10-21" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/della-donna-v-gore-newspaper-co-1902395?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1902395">390 So. 2d 87 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980), pet. for review denied, 399 So. 2d 1141 (Fla. 1981); Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. v. Moore, 355 So. 2d 451" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1978-02-14" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/kelly-springfield-tire-co-v-moore-1787871?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1787871">355 So. 2d 451 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); Peterson, Howell & Heather v. O'Neill, 314 So. 2d 808" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1975-06-10" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/peterson-howell--heather-v-oneill-1854820?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1854820">314 So. 2d 808 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975).
Affirmed.