Case Name: JACKSONVILLE HEART CENTER, P.A., Appellant, v. George DISTADIQ, III, as Personal Representative of the Estate of George Distadio, Jr., Deceased, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-09-11
Citations: 828 So. 2d 394
Docket Number: No. 4D02-1006
Parties: JACKSONVILLE HEART CENTER, P.A., Appellant, v. George DISTADIO, III, as Personal Representative of the Estate of George Distadio, Jr., Deceased, Appellee.
Judges: WARNER, SHAHOOD and MAY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 828
Pages: 394–394

Head Matter:
JACKSONVILLE HEART CENTER, P.A., Appellant, v. George DISTADIO, III, as Personal Representative of the Estate of George Distadio, Jr., Deceased, Appellee.
No. 4D02-1006.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 11, 2002.
Jeptha F. Barbour and Susan K. Curtis of Marks Gray, P.A., Jacksonville, for appellant.
Elaine J. LaFlamme and Scott A. Mager of Mager & Associates, P.A., Fort Lauder-dale, and George Fernandez of Alvarez & Fernandez, P.L., Coral Gables, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
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.