Travel Ins. Facilities, PLC v. Lee Mem'l Health Sys.

Full title: Travel Insurance Facilities, PLC, and Union Reiseversicherung…

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, Sixth District

Date published: Jul 28, 2023

No. 6D23-555 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jul. 28, 2023)

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.

PER CURIAM

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.¹ 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.²

1 This case was transferred from the Second District Court of Appeal to this Court on January 1, 2023.

2 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.