Venue was held appropriate for a certain Declaratory Judgment Action in the County in which the underlying accident occurred; in which the Estate was opened in connection with the underlying Wrongful Death Case; and where any Settlement ultimately would have been paid, even though the Insureds lived in a different County. Mercury Insurance Co. of Fla. v. Jackson, Download Mercury Insurance Co. v. Jackson (Fla. 1st DCA Case No. 1D10.2138, Opinion Filed October 29, 2010) PUBLIC ACCESS; STATED NOT FINAL, also published as 2010 WL 4273194 *2 (Fla. 1st DCA October 29, 2010)(valid password required to access Westlaw).
This particular DJA was filed by an Insurance Company seeking a declaration "as to whether it had acted in good faith in adjusting the [underlying] claims ...." Id. at *1. It was thus appropriately venued in the County described above -- which is also the County in which a later Bad Faith Action was filed against the Insurance Company. Id.
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