Rodin v. Auto-Train Corp.

The trial court granted a motion for change of venue filed by the defendant, Auto-Train Corporation (Auto-Train). This interlocutory appeal follows, and we have jurisdiction pursuant to Fla.R.App.P. 9.130(a)(3)(A).

Irving Rodin and Regina Rodin, his wife, (Rodin), filed a complaint in Dade County on June 18, 1979, seeking damages for injuries sustained on August 18, 1975, while he was a passenger on defendant’s train traveling from Virginia to Florida. Auto-Train’s motion asserted that venue was improperly laid under the provisions of Section 47.051, Florida Statutes (1977)1 in that…