Legal Opinion
2D15-897 / Magwitch, LLC. v. Pusser's West Indies Limited
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 7, 2016No. 2D15-897PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILBERMAN, Judge.
Magwitch, LLC, a New York company, seeks review'of an order dismissing with prejudice its collection action against Pus-ser’s West Indies Limited (PWI), a British Virgin Islands corporation. The trial court dismissed the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction based on a determination that PWI’s business contacts with Florida were insufficient to establish general jurisdiction under Florida’s long-arm statute. We affirm.
Long-arm jurisdiction exists over a foreign corporation when (1) the requirements of section 48.193, Florida Statutes (2012), are satisfied, and (2) the…
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