Legal Opinion
Brown v. NAGELHOUT
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 15, 2012No. SC10-868PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCanady, C.J.
In this case, we consider the provisions of Florida law governing the selection of venue based on the residency of defendants. Specifically, we address a limitation placed on the selection of venue— known as the joint residency rule — derived from Enfinger v. Baxley, 96 So.2d 538 (Fla.1957), which held that the selection of venue based on residency was limited to the county of residence shared by the individual defendant and the corporate defendant.
We have for review the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Brown v. Nagelhout, 33 So.3d 83 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), which, based on the…
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