STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. ASHLEY

No. 79-2045.

386 So.2d 1206 (1980)

STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. Keith Ashley and Hyacinth Ashley, His Wife, Paulette Ashley, a Minor by and through Her Parents and Next Friends, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerrold K. Phillips of Brooks & Callahan, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Arnold R. Ginsberg of Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Stephen G. Fischer, Miami, for appellees.


HERSEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a non-final order denying a motion to dismiss for improper venue. We reverse on the authority of State of Florida Department of Transportation v. Bromante, 365 So.2d 388 (Fla.4th DCA 1978). The common law rule that venue in civil actions brought against the state or one of its agencies properly lies in the county where the state or agency maintains its principal headquarters has consistently...

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