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SUN BANK OF OCALA v. INTERN. HARVESTER CO.

No. 81-1974.

408 So.2d 661 (1981)

SUN BANK OF OCALA, As Guardian of the Property of George E. Stahl, Incompetent, Dorothy Tindell Gilleon, the Wife of George E. Stahl, and Donald J. LaPorte, Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Harold Harrington Howard, Sr., and Harold Harrington Howard, Jr., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 12, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Galamaga, Miami, for appellants.

Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Davant, Tutan, O'Hara & McCoy and Richard A. Sherman, Miami, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, HENDRY and JORGENSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We find no abuse of discretion in the trial court, under Section 47.122, Florida Statutes (1979) [forum non conveniens], transferring plaintiffs' personal injury cause of action to the county where the accident which caused the injury occurred, when 95 of the 99 witnesses listed by the plaintiffs live outside of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit and 80 witnesses either live in the county where the accident occurred or in nearby counties. See: Orange Blossom...

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