ACCIDENT CARE CLINIC, INC. A/A/O DIXON LI
v.
ALLIED PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Fla. 4th DCA | 2021-07-28
No. 21-1407
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2021)

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Synopsis

This case consolidates multiple appeals where trial courts sua sponte transferred venue without proper justification. The appellate court reversed these orders, finding they were improperly entered without a showing of venue impropriety or forum non conveniens grounds.


Holding

The appellate court held that the trial courts erred in sua sponte transferring venue without the required legal basis. The orders transferring venue were therefore improper.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court cannot sua sponte transfer venue without a showing that the plaintiff's chosen venue is improper or that transfer is appropriate on forum non conveniens gro…

[2] A confession of error by an appellee may lead to reversal of a trial court's order.

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Key Quotes

“In these consolidated cases, the trial courts sua sponte entered orders transferring venue without any showing that plaintiffs’ chosen venue was improper or that transfer was appropriate on forum non conveniens grounds.”

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Facts & Procedural History

In these consolidated appeals, trial courts independently entered orders transferring venue in several cases. The appellate court had previously ruled…

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Opinion of the Court

a/a/o DONALD CASWELL, Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. No. 4D21-1079 _____________________________ PATH MEDICAL, LLC a/a/o TERRENCE ISOM, Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellee. No. 4D21-1109 _____________________________ INDEPENDENT IMAGING, LLC a/a/o ISABEL GARCIA, Appellant, v. FOREMOST INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. No. 4D21-1111 _____________________________ PATH MEDICAL, LLC a/a/o AMAURIE JONES, Appellant, v. USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. No. 4D21-1112 _____________________________ FT. MYERS MRI, LLC a/a/o DANICK DUMAS, Appellant, v. LM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. No. 4D21-1352 _____________________________ MEDICAL CENTER IMAGING, LLC a/a/o KAYLYN DORAN, Appellant, v. LM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. No. 4D21-1354 _____________________________ ACCIDENT CARE CLINIC, INC. a/a/o DIXON LI, Appellant, v. ALLIED PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. No. 4D21-1407 _____________________________ JANE BLISTLINE ANESTHESIA SERVICES, LLC, Appellant, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. No. 4D21-1502 _____________________________ ACCIDENT CARE CLINIC, INC. a/a/o CARLOS BERNIER-ACOSTA, Appellant, v. PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. No. 4D21-1510 _____________________________ TOTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATES, LLC (a/a/o RAYMONDE FARINA), Appellant, v. AUTO CLUB SOUTH INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. No. 4D21-1579

_____________________________ FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION TESTING OF FLORIDA, INC. (a/a/o ALETHEIA GUERRERO), Appellant, v. PROGRESSIVE SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. No. 4D21-1581 _____________________________ THE MEDICAL GROUP OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. (a/a/o NICHOLAS MACISAAC), Appellant, v. SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, Appellee. No. 4D21-1602 _____________________________ [July 28, 2021] Consolidated appeals of nonfinal orders from the County Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Ellen Feld, John D. Fry, and Terri-Ann Miller, Judges; L.T. Case Nos. CONO20-014518, CONO-20-001680(70), COWE20-008301, COWE19-014963, COWE20-003784, COSO21000929, COSO21-000980, COWE20-005712, CONO20-014160, COWE19-18902, CONO20-14162, CONO20-014638(70) and CONO20-011995.

4D21-721 Chad A. Barr of Chad Barr Law, Altamonte Springs, for appellant. Daniel E. Nordby of Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, and Alyssa L. Cory of Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Tampa, for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1079 Chad A. Barr of Chad Barr Law, Altamonte Springs, for appellant. Daniel E. Nordby of Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, and Alyssa L. Cory of Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Tampa, for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1109 Christina M. Kalin and John C. Daly of Daly & Barber, P.A., Plantation, for appellant. Daniel E. Nordby of Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, and Alyssa L. Cory of Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Tampa, for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1111 Christina M. Kalin and John C. Daly of Daly & Barber, P.A., Plantation, for appellant. No appearance for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1112 Christina M. Kalin and John C. Daly of Daly & Barber, P.A., Plantation, for appellant. No appearance for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1352 Chad A. Barr of Chad Barr Law, Altamonte Springs, for appellant. Veresa Jones Adams, Abbi Freifeld Carr and Jeffrey Geldens of Roig Lawyers, Deerfield Beach, for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1354 Chad A. Barr of Chad Barr Law, Altamonte Springs, for appellant. Veresa Jones Adams, Abbi Freifeld Carr and Jeffrey Geldens of Roig Lawyers, Deerfield Beach, for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1407 Christina M. Kalin and John C. Daly of Daly & Barber, P.A., Plantation, for appellant. DeeAnn J. McLemore of Banker Lopez Gassler P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1502 Chad A. Barr of Chad Barr Law, Altamonte Springs, for appellant. Melissa G. McDavitt of Conroy Simberg, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1510 Christina M. Kalin and John C. Daly of Daly & Barber, P.A., Plantation, for appellant. No appearance for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1579 Mac S. Phillips of Phillips Tadros, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant. Amanda J. Phillips of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Plantation, for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1581 Mac S. Phillips of Phillips Tadros, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant. No appearance for appellee.

_____________________________ 4D21-1602 Daniel Manyari of Steinger, Greene & Feiner, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant. No appearance for appellee.


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