Rabie Cortez v. Palace Holdings, S.A. De C.V.

Simply put, the majority affirms the trial court’s order transferring a lawsuit filed by a United States citizen, who resides in California, against several Florida defendants on the basis of forum non conve-niens. Because the trial court and the majority failed to afford proper deference to the plaintiffs choice of forum, and the record reflects that the defendants failed to establish that Quintana Roo, Mexico, is an adequate forum under the facts and circumstances of this lawsuit, or that the private and public factors weigh in favor of litigating the plaintiffs causes of action in Mexico,…