COOPER TIRE & RUBBER v. ESTATE OF CHAVEZ

No. 3D09-61.

8 So.3d 1157 (2009)

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY and Ford Motor Company, Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Carlos Hernandez CHAVEZ by and through its Personal Representatives Anatolio HERNANDEZ Saldana and Jacinta Chavez Gonzalez, and Gustavo Renteria, Manuel Renteria, David Renteria, and Martino Tire Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. O'Connor, Palmetto Bay; Thornton, Davis & Fein, and Douglas E. Horelick, Miami, for appellant Cooper Tire & Rubber Company.

Seipp & Flick and James J. Becker, Miami, for appellant Ford Motor Company.

The Tate Firm and Kyle P. Tate, Keystone Heights; Sico, White & Braugh and Jason P. Hoelscher, Corpus Christi, Texas, pro hac vice, for appellees Estate of Carlos Hernandez Chavez, Gustavo Renteria, Manuel Renteria, and David Renteria.

Before WELLS, ROTHENBERG, and LAGOA, JJ.


ROTHENBERG, J.

Defendants Cooper Tire & Rubber Company ("Cooper Tire") and Ford Motor Company ("Ford Motor") appeal from a non-final order denying their motion to transfer venue from Miami-Dade County to Lee County. We reverse and remand with instructions to transfer the cause to Lee County, Florida.

The plaintiffs, Estate of Carlos Hernandez Chavez by and through its Personal Representatives Anatolio Hernandez...

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