CARIB-USA SHIP LINES BAHAMAS v. DORSETT

No. 4D05-2290.

935 So.2d 1272 (2006)

CARIB-USA SHIP LINES BAHAMAS LIMITED, Appellant, v. Carmen DORSETT, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberta G. Mandel, Andrew W. Anderson and Matthew J. Valcourt of Houck Anderson P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Rebecca B. Watford of The Watford Law Firm, and Charles R. Lipcon of Lipcon, Margulies and Alsina, P.A., Miami, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

Carib-USA Ship Lines Bahamas, Ltd., appeals the trial court's denial of its motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. Because Carib-USA did not have sufficient minimum contacts with the state to support jurisdiction at the time of the filing of the suit, we reverse.

On August 2, 2003, the plaintiff, Carmen Dorsett, was a passenger aboard the M/V Sea Hauler when the Sea Hauler collided with the United Star, owned...

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