VALUE RENT-A-CAR, INC. v. HARBERT

No. 97-4307.

720 So.2d 552 (1998)

VALUE RENT-A-CAR, INC., Appellant, v. Billy C. HARBERT and Violet Harbert, his wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doreen E. Lasch of the Law Offices of Roland Gomez, Miami Lakes, for appellant.

Arthur J. Morburger, Miami, and Weinstein, Bavly & Moon, P.A., Miami, for appellees.


KLEIN, Judge.

The issue presented by this non-final appeal is whether the trial court should have dismissed this lawsuit under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, so that it could be litigated in Georgia, where the accident occurred and the injured plaintiff resides. We conclude that the motion to dismiss should have been granted.

Steven Jones rented a vehicle from appellant, Value Rent-A-Car, at the Fort Lauderdale airport, and was subsequently involved...

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