Opinion
6D23-555
07-28-2023
Travel Insurance Facilities, PLC, and Union Reiseversicherung Aktiengesellschaft, Appellants, v. Lee Memorial Health System, Appellee.
Carol M. Rooney, of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig, LLP, Tampa, for Appellants. Timothy M. Hartley, of Hartley Law Offices, PLC, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED
Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the Circuit Court for Lee County, Lower Tribunal No. 20-CA-2619, Joseph C. Fuller, Jr., Judge.
Carol M. Rooney, of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig, LLP, Tampa, for Appellants.
Timothy M. Hartley, of Hartley Law Offices, PLC, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM
Appellants, Travel Insurance Facilities, PLC, and Union Reiseversicherung Aktiengesellschaft, nonresident defendants in the litigation below, appeal the trial court's order denying their motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Based on our recent decision in Travel Insurance Facilities, PLC v. Naples Community Hospital, Inc., 48 Fla.L.Weekly D1082 (Fla. 6th DCA May 26, 2023), which is indistinguishable in all material respects from the instant case, we reverse the order denying Appellants' motion to dismiss and remand with instructions for the trial court to dismiss Appellants from this action.
This case was transferred from the Second District Court of Appeal to this Court on January 1, 2023.
The order under review also denied Appellants' motion to transfer venue. Based on our disposition of this appeal, we need not reach the venue issue.
REVERSED and REMANDED with instructions.
STARGEL and NARDELLA, JJ, and LAMBERT, BD, Associate Judge, concur.