Shyam Ahuja Private, Ltd. v. Garden Islands International, LLC

118 So. 3d 268, 2013 WL 3815602, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 11626

Opinion

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Affirmed. See Advanced, Bodycare Solutions LLC v. Thione Int’l, Inc., 514 F.Supp.2d 1326, 1331 (1999) (“Unless a product enters the Florida market by ‘fortuitous circumstances,’ a manufacturer who sells a product in Florida cannot rea sonably contend that it should not reasonably foresee being haled into a Florida court in the event of a dispute over the quality of that product.”); Gillins v. Trotwood Corp., 682 So.2d 693, 694 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996) (“[B]y undertaking to specially manufacture equipment knowing its intended destination is a certain state, the manufacturer purposefully creates a connection with that state substantial enough to support in personam jurisdiction.... ”).