LISA, S.A. v. MAYORGA

No. 410, 2009.

993 A.2d 1042 (2010)

LISA, S.A., a Panamanian Corporation, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Juan Jose Gutierrez MAYORGA, Campero USA Corp., a Delaware Corporation, Campero, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Campero International, S.A., a Panamanian Corporation, Campero International, Ltd., a Barbados Corporation, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: April 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter B. Ladig and Stephen B. Brauerman, Esquires, of Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; of Counsel: Bruce W. Sanford, Mark A. Cymrot (argued) and Ronald F. Wick, Esquires, of Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Arthur L. Dent (argued) and Brian C. Ralston, Esquires, of Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; of Counsel: Edward H. Davis, Jr., Edward M. Mullins and Annette C. Escobar, Esquires, of Astigarraga Davis Mullins & Grossman, Miami, FL, for appellees.

Before HOLLAND, JACOBS and RIDGELY, Justices.


JACOBS, Justice:

Lisa, S.A. ("Lisa"), the plaintiff below, appeals from a Court of Chancery order dismissing Lisa's complaint on grounds of forum non conveniens and lack of personal jurisdiction. The complaint, which was filed in 2006, related to a 1992 sale of shares in a group of family-owned corporations incorporated in Guatemala and El Salvador. That 1992 sale of shares, in turn, was the subject of a prior action brought by Lisa in Florida in 1998 against...

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