McCarroll v. VAN DYK

The defendants below appeal the trial court’s denial of their motion to transfer venue from Palm Beach County to Bro-ward County. We reverse and remand because the defendants established the propriety of venue in Broward County alone.

Daniel Van Dyk, a Palm Beach County resident, marketed and sold hurricane shutters for Safe Hurricane Shutters, Inc., a Florida corporation with its principal place of business in Broward County. In return, Van Dyk would receive commission payments from Safe Hurricane. In 2008, Van Dyk filed a complaint in Palm Beach County circuit court, alleging that Safe…