University of Florida Board of Trustees v. Morris

DAVIS, Judge.

In this interlocutory appeal, the University of Florida Board of Trustees (“UF-BOT”) challenges the trial court’s nonfinal order denying its motion to transfer venue of the wrongful death action brought *495against it and several other defendants1 by Olin and Annette Morris. We affirm.

The Morrises’ underlying action arose out of the death of their son, Christopher, after he received medical treatment for an apparent drug overdose at the emergency room of Winter Haven Hospital. The Morrises filed their complaint in the Tenth Judicial Circuit in and for Polk County, alleging that the…