PARTIN

v.

FLORIDA COMMISSION ON ETHICS

Citator

Cited By

• State v. The Am. Tobacco Co., 707 So. 2d 851 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998)
  …t shown that the subsidiaries were formed for any improper purpose. See Dania Jai-Alai Palace, Inc. v. Sykes, 450 So. 2d 1114 (Fla.1984); Nichols v. Paulucci, 652 So. 2d 389 (Fla. 5th DCA), rev. denied, 659 So. 2d 1088 (Fla.1995), and cert. denied, -516 U.S. 1046, 116 S.Ct. 707, 133 L.Ed.2d 662 (1996). Instead, the state relies primarily on its claim that the subsidiaries were simply agents for the parent corporations. Section 48.193, Florida Statutes (1995), provides in pertinent part: (1) Any person, whe…
• Norwegian Cruise Lines, Ltd. v. Gregorio Zareno, 712 So. 2d 791 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
  …y where the denial of maintenance and cure payments is found to be arbitrary and willful. See Hines v. J.A. LaPorte, Inc., 820 F. 2d 1187, 1189 (11th Cir. 1987); but see Guevara v. Maritime Overseas Corp., 59 F. 3d 1496 (5th Cir.1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1046, 116 S.Ct. 706, 133 L.Ed.2d 662 (1996)(punitive damages not available for a shipowner’s willful failure to pay maintenance and cure); Glynn v. Roy Al Boat Management Corp., 57 F. 3d 1495 (9th Cir.1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1046, 116 S.Ct. 708, 13…

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• Nasir M. Ashemimry v. Sheik Ahmed Abdul Rahman Saleh BA Nafa, 778 So. 2d 495 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)
  …was signed in Miami. Given this evidence, the Florida court clearly had jurisdiction over Ashemimry and his alter ego corporations. See, e.g., Nichols v. Paulucci, 652 So. 2d 389 (Fla. 5th DCA), rev. denied, 659 So. 2d 1088 (Fla.1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1046, 116 S.Ct. 707, 133 L.Ed.2d 662 (1996). II. Venue. Ashemimry contends that the trial court erred in determining that venue for himself and his Florida corporation Ashe-trust is proper in Orange County.3 The applicable venue statutes are sections…