Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Palma

This is an appeal, brought by a defendant insurance company in a personal injury case, from a non-final order which denied the insurance company’s motion for a change of venue. Appellee, Leonor Palma [the “insured”], filed this action against the appellant, Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company, [the “insurance company”], in Dade County, Florida, following a rear-end collision which occurred in Daytona Beach, Florida. The insurance company then moved for a change of venue to Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida.

At the time of the automobile accident, both the insured and her…