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HOUSTON v. CALDWELL

No. 51794.

359 So.2d 858 (1978)

George Robert HOUSTON, Petitioner, v. James R. CALDWELL et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 25, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colson & Hicks, P.A., and Susan Goldman, Miami, for petitioner.

Marjorie D. Gadarian, of Jones, Paine & Foster, West Palm Beach, for respondents.

Robert Orseck, of Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, Miami, for The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

R.J. Beckham, of Beckham, McAliley & Proenza, Jacksonville, for United Transp. Union.

DuBose Ausley and William M. Smith, of Ausley, McMullen, McGehee, Carothers & Proctor, Tallahassee, for the Florida R.R. Ass'n, amici curiae.

HATCHETT, Justice.

Where one of the parties to a lawsuit is a resident of Florida, does a trial court have the discretion to dismiss the action by applying the doctrine of forum non conveniens? The Fourth District Court of Appeal, in its decision reported at 347 So.2d 1041 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977), answered this question in the affirmative. That holding gives us jurisdiction pursuant to Article V, Section 3(b)(3), Florida Constitution...

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