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ARGANDONA v. LLOYD'S REGISTER

No. 93-1509.

656 So.2d 1311 (1995)

Humberto ARGANDONA, individually and as personal representative of the estate of Christian Fasteng, deceased; Susan Andersen; Bent Andersen, individually and as personal representative of the estate of Bettina Andersen, deceased; et al., Appellants, v. LLOYD's REGISTER OF SHIPPING; Lloyd's Register of Shipping Trust Corporation Limited; and Christopher Adams, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rivkind & Pedraza, and Brett Rivkind, Miami, for appellants.

Shutts & Bowen, and Richard M. Leslie and Maxine M. Long, Miami, Gordon, Gordon & Tepper, and Kenneth E. Gordon, New York City, for appellees.

Before NESBITT, COPE and GERSTEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Appellants appeal a dismissal based upon forum non conveniens and a summary judgment based upon immunity under foreign law. We affirm in part and vacate in part.

This case arises out of a fire deliberately started on a Bahamian registered ship operating as a ferry between Norway and Denmark. The trial court determined that Bahamian law applied and conferred immunity from suit upon appellees.

The trial court further determined that...

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