Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse SA v. Financial Software Systems, Inc.

OPINION BY

FITZGERALD, J.:

Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse SA (“Appellant”) appeals from the order entered in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas granting the petition of Financial Software Systems, Inc. (“Appel-lee”) to strike and vacate the judgment entered in Pennsylvania in favor of Appellant and dissolve the garnishment against National Penn Bank. We hold that a party cannot enforce a foreign nation money judgment in Pennsylvania unless that judgment has been recognized as valid pursuant to the Uniform Foreign Money Judgment Recognition Act (“Recognition Act”), 42 P.S. §§…