RABIE CORTEZ v. PALACE HOLDINGS, S.A.

No. 3D09-3468.

66 So.3d 959 (2011)

Shahla M. RABIE CORTEZ, Appellant, v. PALACE HOLDINGS, S.A. DE C.V., d/b/a Palace Resorts, d/b/a Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diaz Reus & Targ and Michael Diaz, Jr. , Carlos F. Gonzalez , Gary E. Davidson , Miami and Vincent W. Li , for appellant.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, and Ricardo J. Cata and Ronnie Guillen , Miami, for appellees.

Before SHEPHERD, SUAREZ, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.


SUAREZ, J.

Shahla M. Rabie Cortez seeks to reverse a non-final order granting the defendants', Palace Resorts, Inc. et al., motion to dismiss based on forum non conveniens. We affirm.

In 2006, Cortez, a California resident, booked her vacation at the Moon Palace Golf and Spa Resort in Cancun, Mexico through Washington State-based Costco Travel. While at the resort, she went for a massage at the resort spa and was sexually assaulted by the male masseuse. Cortez...

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