KRAMER V. VON MITSCHKE

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 07-1573

Case Date: 12/31/2008

Preview:Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida, January Term, A.D. 2008
Opinion filed December 31, 2008. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D07-1573 Lower Tribunal No. 04-11717 ________________

Thomas Kramer,
Appellant, vs.

Verena von Mitschke-Collande and Claudia Miller-Otto, as heirs of the deceased, Siegfried Otto,
Appellees.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Robert M. Deehl, Senior Judge. Greenberg Traurig and Hilarie Bass, Elliot H. Scherker, Barry Rothberg, and Daniel M. Samson, for appellant. Hunton & Williams and Christopher N. Johnson, for appellees. Before COPE, WELLS, and ROTHENBERG, JJ. ROTHENBERG, J. Thomas Kramer ("Kramer") appeals from an order domesticating an adverse

Swiss partial judgment in the amount of approximately $100 million. We affirm. The facts underlying the instant litigation are set forth in Otto's Heirs v. Kramer, 797 So. 2d 594 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001). Under the applicable Florida statute, the Swiss partial judgment can be domesticated here if it is a "foreign judgment that is final and conclusive and enforceable where rendered, even though an appeal therefrom is pending or is subject to appeal."

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