UNIVERSAL MUSIC VENEZUELA, S.A. v. MONTANER

No. 3D12-1580.

105 So.3d 588 (2012)

UNIVERSAL MUSIC VENEZUELA, S.A., a foreign corporation, Appellant, v. Hector E. Reglero MONTANER, a/k/a Ricardo Montaner, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berger Singerman and Elaine Johnson James and Monica F. Rossbach , Boca Raton, for appellant.

Ricardo Pines , Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before WELLS, C.J., and LOGUE, J., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. We reverse.

The plaintiff is a composer and recording artist who attempted to assert Florida long-arm jurisdiction, § 48.193(1)(a), (1)(g), (2), Fla. Stat., over the appellant, a Venezuelan corporation, which operates an independent music company and record label. The action arises out of a series of contracts, executed in Venezuela,...

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