Russoniello v. Hamilton Bank

Full title: MATTEO RUSSONIELLO, Appellant, vs. HAMILTON BANK, N.A., Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 21, 1999

740 So. 2d 576 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 99-791.

Opinion filed July 21, 1999. Rehearing Denied September 29, 1999.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Eleanor Schockett, Judge, L.T. No. 98-6193.

Homer, Bonner Delgado, and Luis E. Delgado, and Lawrence B. Lambert, for appellant.

Tew Nowak, and Jeffrey Tew, for appellee.

Before GERSTEN, FLETCHER, and SHEVIN, JJ.^_

_ Judge Shevin did not participate in oral argument.

PER CURIAM.

Based upon the doctrine of forum non conveniens, we reverse the trial court's order with directions to dismiss the fraudulent inducement claim. See Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.061;Kinney Sys., Inc. v. Continental Ins. Co., 674 So.2d 86 (Fla. 1996); Ciba-Geigy Ltd. v. Fish Peddler, Inc., 691 So.2d 1111 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 699 So.2d 1372 (Fla. 1997).

Reversed and remanded with directions.