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WILSON v. ISLAND SEAS INVESTMENTS, LTD.

No. 09-10603.

590 F.3d 1264 (2009)

Rene WILSON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Daisy Scott Emory, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ISLAND SEAS INVESTMENTS, LIMITED, a Bahamian company, d.b.a. Island Seas Resort, Island Palm Investments, Limited, Island Palm Resort, d.b.a. Island Palm Resort, Robert William "Bill" Carlson, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 22, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel S. Perwin, Joel S. Perwin, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David Alan Gunter, Dean Mead, Melbourne, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CARNES and HULL, Circuit Judges, and LAWSON, District Judge.

LAWSON, Senior District Judge:

This case arises from the unfortunate death of Daisy Scott Emory, who died while on vacation in the Bahamas. At issue in this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in dismissing the plaintiff-appellant's suit on forum non conveniens grounds. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand this matter to the district court for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background

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