Opinion
No. 3D05-1628.
May 3, 2006. Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 4, 2006.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Jeri B. Cohen, Judge.
Adorno Yoss and John Arrastia, Jr. and Jack R. Reiter, Miami, for appellant.
Kirkpatrick Lockhart Nicholson Graham and Jeffrey T. Kucera; Mayer, Brown, Rowe Maw and Javier H. Rubinstein, Nicola Jackson, and Violeta I. Balan (Chicago); Burlington, Weil, Schwiep, Kaplan Blonsky and Kevin C. Kaplan, Miami, for appellees.
Before GERSTEN, FLETCHER, and CORTIÑAS, JJ.
We find that the trial court's decision to dismiss Appellant's second amended complaint for forum non conveniens did not constitute a "clear abuse of discretion." See Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235, 257, 102 S.Ct. 252, 70 L.Ed.2d 419 (1981). "[W]here the [trial] court has considered all relevant public and private interest factors, and where its balancing of these factors is reasonable, its decision deserves substantial deference." Id.
Affirmed.