INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC FOUNDATION, APPELLANT,

v.

STOBS BROS. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (16 total)

• Barr v. The Fla. Bd. OF Regents, 644 So. 2d 333 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994)
  …any impropriety in the plaintiffs choice. Barry Cook Ford, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co., 571 So. 2d 61 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990). Accord Williams v. Union National Insurance Co., 528 So. 2d 454, 456 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988); Premier Cruise Lines, Ltd. v. Gavrilis, 554 So. 2d 659 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990); Schecter v. Fishman, 525 So. 2d 502 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988). In Barry Cook Ford and in Williams, changes of venue granted by the respective trial courts were reversed, because defendants failed to show any impropriety in the statutor…
• Am. Vehicle Ins. Co. v. Olive Goheagan, 35 So. 3d 1001 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)
  …erogative to choose the venue, and as long as that selection is proper as provided by statute, the court will not disturb the selection. Padin v. Travis, 990 So. 2d 1255, 1256 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008) (citing Premier Cruise Lines, Ltd., Inc. v. Gavrilis, 554 So. 2d 659, [*1003] 660 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)). Although an unsworn complaint is sufficient to allege venue, absent a challenge by a defendant, when a defendant challenges venue by filing an affidavit controverting the plaintiff’s venue allegations, the burden sh…
• Piper Aircraft Corp. v. Anneliese Schwendemann, 564 So. 2d 546 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
  …k. The court denied Piper’s motion to transfer venue on the basis that Miami Aviation and Mann Aircraft were “representatives” of Piper in Dade County. Piper appeals and we affirm. As stated by this court in Premier Cruise Lines, Ltd. v. Gavrilis, 554 So. 2d 659, 660 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), “it is the prerogative of the plaintiff to select the venue and as long as that selection is one of the alternatives provided by statute, the plaintiff’s selection will not be disturbed.” This court has further noted that th…

Authorities Cited

• Wellinghoff v. Ray Lopez, M.D., 538 So. 2d 909 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)
• Kala Invs., Inc. v. Sklar, 538 So. 2d 909 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)