ROLLS-ROYCE, INC. v. GARCIA

Nos. 3D11-537, 3D11-548, 3D11-502.

77 So.3d 855 (2012)

ROLLS-ROYCE, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Oscar Garardo Posadas GARCIA, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thornton Davis & Fein and J. Thompson Thornton , Miami, and Beverly D. Eisenstadt ; John P. O'Flanagan and L. Robert Bourgeois , Tampa and Banker Lopez Gassler; Cozen O'Connor and Richard M. Dunn and Raquel M. Fernandez and Anaysa Gallardo , Miami, for appellants.

Podhurst Orseck and Stephen F. Rosenthal , Miami, for appellees.

Before RAMIREZ, LAGOA, and EMAS, JJ.


EMAS, J.

In this consolidated action, Rolls Royce, Inc., Simmonds Engine Precision Products, Inc., Goodrich Pump & Engine Control Systems, Inc., and Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. appeal the trial court's non-final order denying their motion to dismiss based upon forum non conveniens. For the reasons which follow, we reverse.

These claims arose when a helicopter, owned by the Mexican government and piloted by Oscar Garardo Posadas Garcia

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