KUVIN, KLINGENSMITH & LEWIS v. FLA. INS. GUARANTY ASS'N, INC.

No. 79-52.

371 So.2d 214 (1979)

KUVIN, KLINGENSMITH & Lewis, P.A., Appellant, v. FLORIDA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kuvin, Klingensmith & Lewis and R. Fred Lewis, Coconut Grove, for appellant.

Preddy, Kutner & Hardy and Stephen T. Brown, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, HUBBART and SCHWARTZ, JJ.


SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The trial judge ordered this case transferred from Dade to Leon County. The primary issue presented on this appeal of that order is whether the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA) is a governmental entity entitled to the venue privilege of being sued only at the site of its headquarters. We hold it is not and that the order may not be otherwise sustained as a proper transfer under Section 47.122, Florida Statutes (1977). We therefore reverse...

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