DNS AUTO GLASS SHOP, LLC A/A/O SELENE WASHINGTON vs STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY AND STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY
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Opinion
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
DNS AUTO GLASS SHOP, LLC A/A/O SELENE WASHINGTON,
Appellant,
v. Case No. 5D21-1894 LT Case No. 2020-SC-004385
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, AND STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
Appellees.
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Opinion filed February 3, 2023
Nonfinal Appeal from the County Court for Seminole County, James J. DeKleva, Judge.
Chad A. Barr, of Chad Barr Law, Altamonte Springs, for Appellant.
Kurt T. Koehler, of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellees. PER CURIAM.
The trial court’s order transferring venue under section 47.122, Florida
Statutes (2021), is affirmed. Based upon the transcript that Appellee
submitted below of the deposition of its insured, who is a material witness,
the court did not abuse its discretion in granting Appellee’s motion to transfer
venue. See Cohen v. Scarnato, 270 So. 3d 410, 412 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019)
(applying the abuse of discretion standard of review to a trial court’s order
transferring venue under section 47.122).
We do, however, remand this case to the trial court with directions that
the court amend its order to assess accrued costs against Appellee. See §
47.191, Fla. Stat. (2021) (“No change of venue shall be granted except on
condition that the movant, unless otherwise provided by the order of transfer,
shall pay all costs that have accrued in the action including the required
transfer fee.”). The amended order shall set forth a reasonable period of
time for Appellee to pay these costs.
AFFIRMED; REMANDED with directions.
LAMBERT, C.J., EVANDER and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.
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