United States Eleventh Circuit

In a personal injury action arising out of the death of an individual while on vacation in the Bahamas, dismissal of the action on forum non conveniens grounds is reversed where: 1) it was error for the district court to consider only the contacts that the case had with the Southern District of Florida; and 2) the district court erred in failing to consider, except in regard to whether the Bahamas was an adequate alternate forum, the undisputed financial difficulties the plaintiff would face if the case had to be tried in the Bahamas.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/28/2009
• Published 12/28/2009

Judges

• LAWSON, Senior District Judge:, Before CARNES and HULL, Circuit Judges, and LAWSON,District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

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


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