District Court of Appeal of Florida

An order denying defendants' motions to dismiss lawsuits brought by Argentine citizens involved in Ford Explorer roll-over accidents on forum non conveniens grounds is reversed and remanded for the trial court to conduct an adequate forum non conveniens analysis pursuant to Kinney System, Inc. v. Continental Insurance Co., 674 So. 2d 86 (Fla. 1996).

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2007
• Published 02/14/2007

Judges

• HAZOURI, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• 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.


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