TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC v. PAPANDOPOLES

Nos. 4D05-4816 to 4D05-4820.

949 So.2d 297 (2007)

TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC, (as assignee of the former TRW Inc., n/k/a Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corporation), TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc., a foreign corporation, and TRW Canada Ltd., f/k/a TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Limited, a Canadian entity, Appellants, v. Anibal Oscar PAPANDOPOLES, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Teresa Ivanoff, et al., Appellees. Bridgestone Corporation, Appellant, v. Anibal Oscar Papandopoles, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Teresa Ivanoff, et al., Appellees. Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC, Appellant, v. Anibal Oscar Papandopoles, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Teresa Ivanoff, et al., Appellees. Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC, Appellant, v. Blanca Del Valle Yampa, individually and on behalf of her son, Ronald Gustavo Manrique Eyzaguirre, Jr., a minor, et al., Appellees. Ford Motor Company, a foreign corporation, Appellant, v. Anibal Oscar Papandopoles, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Teresa Ivanoff, and Blanca Del Valle Yampa, individually, and on behalf of her son, Ronald Gustavo Manrique Eyzaguirre, Jr., a minor, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Weinstein and Matthew Coveler of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, Houston, and Maria T. Kleppinger and Scott A. Cole of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Miami, for appellants TRW Automotive U.S. LLC (as assignee of the former TRW Inc., n/k/a Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corporation), TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc., a foreign corporation, and TRW Canada, Ltd., f/k/a TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Limited, a Canadian entity.

Ralph L. Marchbank, Jr. and Richard R. Garland of Dickinson & Gibbons, P.A., Sarasota, for appellant Bridgestone Corporation.

Christopher N. Bellows of Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, for appellant Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC.

Alina Alonso and Wendy F. Lumish of Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, for appellant Ford Motor Company, a foreign corporation.

Edna L. Caruso of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, and John J. Uustal of Kelley Uustal, PLC, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


HAZOURI, J.

These five cases were consolidated for the purpose of assigning them to the same panel of judges for oral argument and for issuance of this opinion, as each case appeals the same order denying appellants' joint motions to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds. See J.M.B. v. State, 776 So.2d 353, 354 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001) (recognizing that: "A fourth form of consolidation...

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