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Hoover C. JACKSON, Appellant, v. J. L. LESTER, M. D., Appellee.
    No. 76-335.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Jan. 25, 1977.
    Joseph T. Robinson, Miami, for appellant.
    Preddy, Haddad, Kutner, Hardy & Josephs and Michael J. Parenti, III, Miami, for appellee.
    Before HENDRY, C. J., NATHAN, J., and DREW, E. HARRIS (Ret.), Associate Judge.
   PER CURIAM.

This appeal questions the correctness of a summary final judgment entered in favor of appellee in a malpractice action arising out of a doctor-patient relationship. Appellant’s second point charges that the court erred in denying appellant’s motion to transfer the cause from Monroe County to Dade County contrary to a signed stipulation by the parties.

Upon careful consideration of the record on appeal, briefs and arguments of counsel we have concluded that the appellee-de-fendant has conclusively established the absence of a genuine issue of material fact and that he was entitled to a summary judgment as a matter of law.

We further hold that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in refusing to transfer the cause to Dade County.

Affirmed.