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WOODS v. NOVA COMPANIES BELIZE LTD.

No. 97-0492.

739 So.2d 617 (1999)

Francis WOODS and Jacqueline Woods, his wife, Appellants, v. NOVA COMPANIES BELIZE LTD., a foreign corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel S. Perwin of Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, and Haggard & Parks, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellants.

Carlos M. Sires and Steven R. Weinstein of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Miami, for appellee.

PARIENTE, BARBARA J., Associate Judge.

Appellants, Francis and Jacqueline Woods (plaintiffs), appeal the trial court's dismissal of their negligence action based on lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non conveniens. For the reasons stated in this opinion, we reverse.

I. FACTS

Francis Woods, a resident of Belize,1 was injured in an aircraft accident in Costa Rica in 1994 while a passenger on an aircraft owned...

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