Corporacion Aero Angeles, S.A. v. Fernandez

The appellant, a Mexican corporation, challenges a trial court’s order denying its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in a breach of contract action for failure to pay a commission on the sale of the corporation’s airplane. The trial court supported its denial on the ground that the plaintiff, a Florida broker, was instrumental in finding a buyer for the airplane and received some materials in Florida, which the court found sufficient to confer jurisdiction. We reverse, because these reasons were insufficient to show minimum contacts by the corporation with Florida to support…