Legal Opinion
Vos, B v. v. Payen
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 15, 2009No. 3D08-2635PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRothenberg, J.
The defendant, Vos B.V. (“Vos”), a corporation from the Netherlands, appeals from a non-final order denying its motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ complaint due to a lack of personal jurisdiction. We reverse because Vos’ general business contacts with Florida were insufficient to support the plaintiffs’ assertion of personal jurisdiction over Vos.
BACKGROUND
The facts and circumstances underlying this case can only be described as heartbreaking. From 1995 through 1997, a tainted batch of children’s fever medicine was distributed in Haiti causing the deaths of more than seventy children, and the…
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