Cadle Co. v. Jay

The Cadle Company (“Cadle”), purchaser and holder of a New York judgment1 *635against appellees Barry and Ronnay Jay, appeals a final judgment declaring this foreign judgment to be unenforceable in the State of Florida due to a lack of personal jurisdiction. We conclude that the trial court erred in its determination that this foreign judgment was not entitled to be domesticated and given full faith and credit in Florida. Accordingly, we reverse.

I. NEW YORK LITIGATION

The underlying New York litigation, which resulted in the foreign judgment at issue, arose as a result of a $350,000 commercial…