VELEZ v. MELL D. LEONARD & ASSOCIATES, INC.

No. 76-183.

338 So.2d 896 (1976)

Francisco VELEZ, Appellant, v. MELL D. LEONARD & ASSOCIATES, INC., a Florida Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Lee Elam, Brandon, for appellant.

Warren H. Petersen, Orlando, for appellee.


SCHEB, Judge.

Appellant/plaintiff filed suit against the appellee/defendant in the circuit court in Hillsborough County. The trial court, citing Sections 47.011 and 47.051, Florida Statutes, dismissed plaintiff's complaint without prejudice to refiling in the county of proper venue. This appeal ensued. We reverse.

The gravamen of the plaintiff's complaint is that he has been defamed through certain verbal and written contacts made by the defendant to his employer...

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