Legal Opinion
Tananta v. Cruise Ships Catering & Services Int'l., N.V.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 22, 2004No. Nos. 3D03-1799, 3D02-2788, 3D03-563, 3D03-1719, 3D03-2034, 3D03-2249, 3D03-2075, 3D02-2633, 3D03-700PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShepherd, J.
This consolidated appeal involves the fate of five foreign seamen wishing to litigate their personal injury claims in Miami-*878Dade County. We are confronted with a recurring question: whether Florida taxpayers via our state court system are required to provide a forum for the resolution of a personal injury claim by a foreign seaman who has had but a fleeting contact here and who is injured on a vessel far from our shores. We believe this question has been answered by the Florida Supreme Court in Kinney System, Inc. v. Continental Ins. Co., 674 So.2d 86 (Fla.1996). We find that the seamen’s…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Franklin Vasquez v. Yii Shipping Company, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
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