Piper Aircraft Corp. v. Ashling

HERSEY, Judge.

Appellee, Ashling, filed suit against Piper Aircraft Corporation in Dade County. The summons and complaint were served through a corporate agent Piper Aircraft had appointed as registered agent for service of process. A motion for transfer of venue to Indian River County on the basis that the movant, Piper Aircraft Corporation, had no office or agent in Dade County, was granted. A motion for rehearing was filed but never acted upon.

Approximately a year later appellee filed in the Indian River County proceedings a motion for change of venue to Dade County in reliance on Vellanti…