TRIDENT SHIPWORKS, INC., APPELLANT,
v.
MAGNUM MARINE CORPORATION, APPELLEE

Fla. 3d DCA | 1996-12-18
No. 96-1576
Before COPE, GERSTEN and SHEVIN, JJ.
683 So. 2d 1170 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1996) Caution
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Thornton v. DeBerry, 548 So. 2d 1177 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989)(trial court ruling on motion to change venue will not be disturbed absent abuse of discretion); Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund v. Florida Physicians’ Ins. Reciprocal, 507 So. 2d 778 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987)(same); Hu v. Crockett, 426 So. 2d 1275 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983)(same).


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