HYATT CORP. v. HOWARTH

No. 95-3063.

678 So.2d 823 (1996)

HYATT CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Stefan HOWARTH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pyszka, Kessler, Massey, Weldon, Catri, Holton & Douberley and L.H. Steven Savola, Miami, Cindy J. Mishcon and Edward D. Schuster, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Colson, Hicks, Eidson, Colson & Matthews; Cooper & Wolfe and Marc Cooper and Maureen E. Lefebvre, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., JORGENSON, and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion to transfer a negligence action from plaintiff's venue choice in Dade County to Monroe County under the forum non conveniens statute, Section 47.122, Fla.Stat. (1995). See Burger King Corp. v. Koeppel, 564 So.2d 209 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990) ("The decision to transfer venue is within the sound discretion of

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