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RODRIGUEZ v. PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC CO.

No. 87-2873.

536 So.2d 270 (1988)

Juan Dalmau RODRIGUEZ and Roberto Acevedo Rios, Appellants, v. PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC Company, a Foreign Corporation, and McDonnell Douglas Helicopter, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd, Pearson, Richman, Greer, Weil, Zack & Brumbaugh and S. Daniel Ponce and Michael A. Hanzman and Sally R. Doerner, for appellants.

Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, for appellee Pacific Scientific Co.

Mandel and Weisman and Williams S. Weisman and Barry J. Clyman, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co.

Before HUBBART and FERGUSON, JJ., and DOWNEY, JAMES C., Associate Judge.

FERGUSON, Judge.

The appellants contend that if a tort cause of action is not barred by limiting statutes of a state or territory of the United States where the action "arose," it may be maintained in Florida where the defendants conduct business, even though the action is barred by Florida's statutes of limitation. We disagree and affirm.

Appellants Rodriguez and Rios were passengers in a helicopter which crashed in a sugar-cane field in Puerto Rico, causing...

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