Fabrica De Fideos Rivoli, S.A. v. Famex Investments Limited

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: July 19, 2017
• Docket: 17-0010
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed July 19, 2017. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D17-10 Lower Tribunal No. 16-1333 ________________

Fabrica de Fideos Rivoli, S.A., Appellant,

vs.

Famex Investments Limited, Appellee.

An Appeal from a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Rodney Smith, Judge.

Dorta Law, and Matias R. Dorta, for appellant.

Jones & Adams, P.A., and Matthew L. Jones, for appellee.

Before LAGOA, SCALES and LUCK, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Fabrica de Fideos Rivoli, S.A., the defendant below, appeals a non-final

order denying its motion to dismiss the instant action for lack of personal jurisdiction. Concluding that the trial court correctly applied the two-prong test for

determining whether personal jurisdiction may be exercised over a nonresident

defendant, we affirm. See Venetian Salami Co. v. Parthenais, 554 So. 2d 499, 502

(Fla. 1989) (providing that personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant

exists where: (1) the complaint alleges sufficient jurisdictional facts to satisfy

Florida’s long-arm statute, section 48.193 of the Florida Statutes; and (2) the

nonresident defendant has sufficient minimum contacts with Florida to satisfy

constitutional due process concerns).

Affirmed.