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RESORTS INTERN., INC. v. SPINOLA

No. 97-1904.

705 So.2d 629 (1998)

RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Resorts International (Bahamas) 1984, Ltd., Paradise Island, Ltd., and Paradise Beach Inn, Ltd., Appellants, v. Maria Jose SPINOLA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Badiak, Will & Kallen and John D. Kallen, North Miami, for appellants.

Canning, Murray & Peltz and Brian P. Knight, Miami, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, COPE and FLETCHER, JJ.

FLETCHER, Judge.

Resorts International, Inc., Resorts International (Bahamas) 1984, Ltd., Paradise Island, Ltd., and Paradise Beach Inn, Ltd. [the defendants] appeal from the trial court's order denying their motion to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds. We reverse.

While on vacation Maria Jose Spinola, a resident of Portugal, was injured when she fell off a "banana boat" ride (a hot-dogshaped inflatable pulled by a motorboat) at a Paradise Island Resort...

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