ELDRIDGE LAMAR PARKS, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• Stephen C.S. HU v. Crockett, 426 So. 2d 1275 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983)
  …heavily in favor of a change of venue, because it has not been shown that the witnesses would be inconvenienced by trying the case in Pensacola. Appellant supports his argument by relying on Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Florida Department of Transportation, 352 So. 2d 567 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977), for the view that a substantial inconvenience to the witnesses would have to be shown. A close reading of Ashland Oil reveals that court merged the two statutory factors of convenience of the parties and convenience of the witnes…
• Coleman P. Houchins, Jr. v. Fla. E. Coast Ry. Co., 388 So. 2d 1287 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)
  …change of venue, to show that substantial inconvenience or undue expense to the parties would result from a trial in Dade County, the forum chosen by Houchins, was simply not satisfied. See Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Florida Department of Transportation, 352 So. 2d 567 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977); Velez v. Mell D. Leonard & Associates, Inc., 338 So. 2d 896 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977). The trial court’s contrary finding is unsupported by the record. The fact that the incident occurred in Broward County makes venue proper there, but…
• Gov't Emps. Ins. Co. v. Burns, 672 So. 2d 834 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996)
  …tion to transfer under Section 47.122 is not unbridled and must be predicated upon a showing that the parties or witnesses will suffer substantial inconvenience or undue expense due to the chosen forum. Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Florida Dept. of Transp., 352 So. 2d 567 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977). As noted in Ashland, 352 So. 2d at 569; “No decision has come to our attention which approves the convenience of the courts as the sole basis for change of venue that is otherwise properly selected by the plaintiff. We are not in…

Authorities Cited

• Brooks v. State, 349 So. 2d 794 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977)