CRUISE SHIPS CATERING v. TANANTA

No. 3D01-2920.

823 So.2d 258 (2002)

CRUISE SHIPS CATERING AND SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, N.V., Prestige Cruises, N.V., and Costa Crociere, S.p.A., Appellants, v. Oriel TANANTA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McAlpin & Brais and Richard McAlpin and James J. Feeney, for appellants.

J.M. Perez, Jr., for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, SHEVIN and SORONDO, JJ.


SHEVIN, Judge.

Defendants Cruise Ships Catering and Service International, N.V., Prestige Cruises, N.V., and Costa Crociere, S.p.A., appeal the denial of their motion to dismiss based on forum non conveniens. We reverse.

Oriel Tananta, a Peruvian seaman, injured his back in a slip and fall accident aboard the cruise ship Costa Marina, while the ship was in international waters off the coast of Argentina. Tananta...

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