Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2002

Jacksonville Heart Center, P.A. v. Distadio

Jacksonville Heart Center, P.A. v. Distadio
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 11, 2002 · Shahood, Warner
828 So. 2d 394; 2002 WL 31015957 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Jacksonville Heart Center, P.A. v. Distadio

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals an order denying its motion to dismiss for improper venue, claiming that venue is proper in Duval County where the complaint alleges appellant’s physicians negligently prescribed the drug viagra to appellee’s decedent. However, the record reveals the decedent ingested the drug in Broward County which caused his cardiac arrest and death. As the injury first occurred in Broward County, venue was proper there. See Wincor v. Cedars Healthcare Group, Ltd., 695 So.2d 924, 925 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

Affirmed.

WARNER, SHAHOOD and MAY, JJ., concur.

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