District Court of Appeal of Florida
Blackhawk Quarry Co. of Florida v. Hewitt Contracting Co., Inc., 5D05-3380
In a contract dispute involving construction work, an order denying defendant's motion to change venue is reversed where the gravamen of plaintiff's claim, defendant's alleged failure to perform under the contract, occurred in the county claimed by defendant and thus, the cause of action accrued there.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/09/2006
- Published 06/09/2006
Judges
- ORFINGER, J.
Court
- District Court of Appeal of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- John R. Young, of Boose Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens McBane & O'Connell, West Palm Beach, for Appellant., Kimberly A. Ashby, Akerman Senterfitt, Orlando, for Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Christopher V. Carlyle, Shannon McLin Carlyle and Gilbert S. Goshorn, Jr., of The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, The Villages, for Appellee.