DICKINSON v. FL NAT. ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC.

No. 4D00-358.

763 So.2d 1245 (2000)

Fred DICKINSON and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Appellants, v. FLORIDA NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Polston of Polston, Dean & Healy, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellants.

Barry M. Silver of Barry M. Silver, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellees.


WARNER, C.J.

The Department of Motor Vehicles appeals the trial court's denial of its motion to change venue of the underlying cause of action to Leon County. Because we conclude that the appellees have failed to prove any exception to or waiver from the common law rule requiring that civil actions brought against a state agency lie in the county where the agency maintains its headquarters, see Carlile v. Game and Fresh Water Fish Comm'n, 354...

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