GOLD MOON FOUNDATION
v.
PLAYA BLANCA CORPORATION

Fla. 3d DCA | 2025-02-05
No. 3D2024-0666
49 Fla. L. Weekly D1866 2025 FL 896 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2025) Positive Treatment
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Holding

A foreign forum is adequate for purposes of forum non conveniens dismissal when the parties will not be deprived of all remedies or treated unfairly, even though they may not enjoy the same benefits as they might receive in an American court.


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[1] A foreign forum satisfies the adequacy requirement for forum non conveniens dismissal when the parties will not be deprived of all remedies or subjected to unfair treatme…

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“A foreign forum is adequate when the parties will not be deprived of all remedies or treated unfairly, even though they may not enjoy the same benefits as they might receive in an American Court.”

The court cited Hilton Int'l Co. v. Carrillo to establish the standard for determining whether a foreign forum is adequate under forum non conveniens analysis.

Facts & Procedural History

Gold Moon Foundation appealed a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County. The trial court dismissed the case based on forum non co…

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Opinion of the Court

Opinion filed February 5, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-0666 Lower Tribunal No. 22-7996

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Gold Moon Foundation,

Appellant,

vs.

Playa Blanca Corporation, et al.,

Appellees.

An Appeal from a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Thomas J. Rebull, Judge. Fowler White Burnett, P.A., and Juan C. Zorrilla and Cameron W. Eubanks, for appellant. Rivero Mestre LLP, and Robert J. Kuntz, Jr., and Andres Rivero and Allison Henry, for appellee Hector Joseph Dager Gaspard; MPA Law, and Maria Paula Aguila and Monica Amador, for appellee Playa Blanca Corporation. Before LOGUE, C.J., and LOBREE and GOODEN, JJ. PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.061(a) (2024); Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.

v. Adams, 49 Fla. L. Weekly D1866, *2 (Fla. 3d DCA Sept. 11, 2024) (“We

review the [forum non conveniens] order for an abuse of discretion.”); Hilton

Int’l Co. v. Carrillo, 971 So. 2d 1001, 1005 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008) (“[A] foreign

forum is adequate when the parties will not be deprived of all remedies or

treated unfairly, even though they may not enjoy the same benefits as they

might receive in an American Court[.]” (quoting Ciba–Geigy Ltd. v. Fish

Peddler, Inc., 691 So. 2d 1111, 1115 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997))).


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