CHIQUITA INTERN. v. FRESH DEL MONTE PROD.

No. 96-1933.

690 So.2d 698 (1997)

CHIQUITA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Appellant, v. FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE, N.V., Del Monte Fresh Produce Company, and Del Monte Fresh Produce International, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 2, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kluger, Peretz, Kaplan & Berlin, Miami, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler and Peter M. Fishbein, New York City, for Appellant.

Stack Fernandez & Anderson, Miami, Steel, Hector & Davis, and Alvin B. Davis, Miami, for Appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and FLETCHER and SORONDO, JJ.


SORONDO, Judge.

The Appellant/Plaintiff, Chiquita, appeals the dismissal of its complaint against Appellees/Defendants, Del Monte (collectively), on grounds of forum non conveniens.

It is undisputed that Chiquita had a longstanding business relationship with a Philippine banana grower named Tagum Development Corporation (TADECO). TADECO provided Chiquita with vast quantities of bananas for the latter's Asian market. At some point in the relationship...

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