MARKET TRADERS INSTITUTE INC v. KENT (2020)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

MARKET TRADERS INSTITUTE, INC., Appellant, v. Kevin KENT, Appellee.

No. 4D19-3719

Decided: August 05, 2020

Courtney M. Keller, I. William Spivey, II, and Colin S. Baker of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Orlando, for appellant. Jonathan B. Butler of Ciklin Lubitz, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

We reverse an order denying a motion to transfer venue and remand for an evidentiary hearing on the venue issue. On remand, the circuit court shall permit discovery only on the venue issue, until that issue is decided after the evidentiary hearing. See Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc. v. Nat'l Bank of Melbourne & Tr. Co., 238 So. 2d 665 (Fla. 4th DCA 1970); Carnival Corp. v. Garcia, 237 So. 3d 1110 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018).

Per Curiam.

Warner, Gross and Damoorgian, JJ., concur.

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