GLOVEGOLD SHIPPING LTD. v. SVERIGES ANGFARTYGS ASSURANS FORENING

No. 1D99-1961.

791 So.2d 4 (2000)

GLOVEGOLD SHIPPING, LIMITED, Appellant, v. SVERIGES ANGFARTYGS ASSURANS FORENING d/b/a The Swedish Club, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Courtney Wilder Stanton and Thomas Corley Smith, of Law Offices of Courtney Wilder Stanton, Jacksonville. Stavros C. Haidemenos, London, and John Stratakis, New York, of Counsel, for Appellant.

George D. Gabel, Jr. and Timothy J. Conner, of Holland & Knight LLP, Jacksonville, for Appellee.


KAHN, J.

This case raises the question of whether a Florida court has jurisdiction over a foreign insurance company that denied coverage to one of its insureds, a foreign shipping company, when the insured vessel was extensively damaged while sailing in Florida waters. In particular, in this case, on February 5, 1996, a ship owned by appellant Glovegold Shipping, Limited (Glovegold) suffered catastrophic engine and other consequential damages off the Florida coast...

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