REISS v. OCEAN WORLD, S.A.

No. 4D08-3836.

11 So.3d 404 (2009)

Diana REISS, Ph.D., Appellant, v. OCEAN WORLD, S.A., a foreign corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly R. Melchiondo and Julie L. Fishman of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Miami, and Howard D. Finkelstein and Mark L. Knutson of Finkelstein & Krinsk LLP, San Diego, CA, for appellant.

Alexander Penalta and Colleen M. Stiger of Penalta & Stiger, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellee.


CIKLIN, J.

Appellant Diana Reiss appeals the non-final order denying her motion to dismiss appellee Ocean World's second amended complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. Because the facts pled in the complaint do not constitute the commission of a tortious act within Florida or otherwise establish the requisite minimum contacts with the state, we reverse.

Ocean World, S.A., a foreign corporation, entered into a contract for the purchase of twelve dolphins...

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