Case Name: AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. Patricia STREIGHTIFF, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-04-22
Citations: 597 So. 2d 919
Docket Number: No. 92-0022
Parties: AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. Patricia STREIGHTIFF, et al., Appellees.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN, C.J., and GARRETT and FARMER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 597
Pages: 919–919

Head Matter:
AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Appellants, v. Patricia STREIGHTIFF, et al., Appellees.
No. 92-0022.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 22, 1992.
Lamar D. Oxford of Dean, Ringers, Morgan & Lawton, Orlando, for appellants.
Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Klein & Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, Fenster and Faer-ber, P.A., Plantation, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. We lack jurisdiction to address the propriety of the trial court's denial of the motion to dismiss the only claim against appellant American States Insurance Company [American States]. Peavy v. Parrish, 385 So.2d 1034 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980) (a denial of a motion to dismiss is not an appealable non-final order).
Therefore, we must consider that American States remained, whether properly or improperly, a defendant at the time the trial court heard appellants' joint motion to dismiss and motion to transfer venue. Because American States conducted business in Broward County, where appel-lees filed their complaint, the trial court did not err when it entered the appealed order which denied a transfer of venue. § 47.-011, Fla.Stat. (1989).
AFFIRMED.
GLICKSTEIN, C.J., and GARRETT and FARMER, JJ., concur.