Kalodish v. South Florida State Hospital

Plaintiff in a tort action appeals a non-final order of the Broward County Circuit Court granting the defendants’ motion to transfer the action to Leon County. We affirm.

The order granting defendants’ motion to change venue sets forth the following chronology of events: Ms. Kalodish was injured in May 1981; her administrative claim pursuant to section 768.28, Florida Statutes, was denied in November 1981; the present actions were originally filed in Dade County and transferred to Leon County based on the common law venue privilege of a state agency; Kalodish then moved for and was granted…