03-2943 & 04-1302 DIGNAM V. AFRICAIR, INC.

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 03-2943 & 04-1302 DIGNAM V. AFRICAIR, INC.

Case Date: 11/16/2005

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2005

JOHN P. DIGNAM, Appellant, vs.

** ** ** CASE NOS. 3D03-2943 3D04-1302

AFRICAIR, INC., LION ENTERPRISES ** ESTABLISSEMENT and PAN AFRICAN AIRLINES (NIGERIA) LTD., ** Appellees. **

LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 02-27290

Opinion filed November 16, 2005. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Leslie B. Rothenberg and Lawrence A. Schwartz, Judges. McClane Tessitore, and J. Brock McClane and F. Lee Morrison (Orlando); Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., and John F. Mariani (West Palm Beach), for appellant. Philip D. Parrish; Akerman Senterfitt and James M. Miller, for appellees.

Before GERSTEN and GREEN, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge. PER CURIAM. We affirm the trial court's order dismissing this action for forum non conveniens. See Kinney Sys. v. Cont'l Ins. Co.,

674 So. 2d 86 (Fla. 1996); Tananta v. Cruise Ships Catering & Servs. Int'l, N.V., 909 So. 2d 874 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004). resolution of this issue is dispositive of the case. Our

Therefore,

there is no need to address the personal jurisdiction issue raised in the consolidated appeal. See Mursia Invs. Corp. v.

Industria Cartonera Dominicana, 847 So. 2d 1064 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003). Affirmed.

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