Case Name: John J. SHAW, Appellant, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a railroad corporation, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1969-12-16
Citations: 229 So. 2d 275
Docket Number: No. L-190
Parties: John J. SHAW, Appellant, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a railroad corporation, Appellee.
Judges: JOHNSON, C. J., CARROLL, DONALD K., and RAWLS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 229
Pages: 275–276

Head Matter:
John J. SHAW, Appellant, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a railroad corporation, Appellee.
No. L-190.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.
Dec. 16, 1969.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 15, 1970.
Horton & Schwartz, and Green & Hastings, Miami, for appellant.
Rogers, Towers, Bailey, Jones & Gay, Jacksonville, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant John J. Shaw, plaintiff below, appeals from a final order of the trial court dismissing without prejudice this Federal Employer's Liability action on the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
Plaintiff Shaw, a resident of North Carolina, alleged that he was injured on February 1, 1968, while an employee of appellee Railroad at Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Defendant Railroad is a Virginia corporation, having its principal place of business in Jacksonville, Florida. At the time he entered his order dismissing the instant cause, the trial judge did not have the benefit of this Court's recent decision in Adams v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, 224 So.2d 797 (Fla.App.1st 1969), which is an "on all fours" case. Upon the authority of same, the judgment of dismissal by the trial judge in the instant cause is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.
Reversed and remanded.
JOHNSON, C. J., CARROLL, DONALD K., and RAWLS, JJ., concur.