Publicidad Vepaco, C.A. v. Mezerhane

I concur in the decision of the majority to reverse the trial court order dismissing the case for failure to join indispensable parties and under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. I write only to clarify my reasons for reversing on the latter ground.

This case can easily be disposed of by reference to the private and public interest prongs of the forum non conveniens inquiry. With Cortez v. Palace Resorts, Inc., 128 So.3d 1085, 1093 (Fla.2013), we are now required to “always consider” the public interest prong of the inquiry, “even if the private factors weigh more heavily in favor of the…