CLEVELAND COMPANIA MARITIMA, S.A. PANAMA v. LOGOTHETIS

Nos. 79-770, 79-782.

378 So.2d 1336 (1980)

CLEVELAND COMPANIA MARITIMA, S.A. PANAMA, a Foreign Corporation, Appellant, v. Pantelis LOGOTHETIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel G.W. Pieper of Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, for appellant-petitioner.

W.H. Beckham, Jr., and Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, P.A., Miami, and Wagner, Cunningham, Vaughan & Genders, P.A., Tampa, for appellee-respondent.


RYDER, Judge.

Cleveland Compania Maritima, S.A. appeals the denial of its motion to dismiss or transfer due to improper venue, alleging the court erred in finding venue to be proper in Hillsborough County. We affirm.

Appellant is a Panamanian corporation residing in Greece, whose ship, the Sao Paulo, conducts an essentially United States business trading between east coast ports in the U.S. and South America. Appellant operates through a Greek general agent...

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