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CIBA-GEIGY LTD. v. FISH PEDDLER, INC.

No. 96-1536.

691 So.2d 1111 (1997)

CIBA-GEIGY LIMITED, BASF A.G., International Fertilizer Limited, Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc., and Del Monte Fresh Produce Co., N.A., Appellants, v. The FISH PEDDLER, INC., Pink Star Corporation, Lango-Taura S.A., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. McIntosh and Dan S. Arnold, III of Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Kevin A. Malone, Kelley B. Gelb, and Robert J. McKee, of Krupnick, Campbell, Malone, Roselli, Buser, Slama, and Hancock, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and John R. Beranek of MacFarlane, Ausley, Ferguson & McMullen, Tallahassee, for appellees.

Wendy F. Lumish and Jeffrey A. Cohen of Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Miami, for amicus curiae-Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 8, 1997.

WARNER, Judge.

In this appeal from an order denying a motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens, we are called upon to apply Kinney System, Inc. v. Continental Insurance Co., 674 So.2d 86 (Fla.1996), to a suit filed in Florida by Ecuadorian companies involving alleged torts occurring in Ecuador. We hold that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion...

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