Ciba-Geigy Ltd. v. Fish Peddler, Inc.

Decision Date26 March 1997
Docket NumberNo. 96-1536,CIBA-GEIGY,96-1536
Citation691 So.2d 1111
Parties22 Fla. L. Weekly D769 LIMITED, BASF A.G., International Fertilizer Limited, Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc., and Del Monte Fresh Produce Co., N.A., Appellants, v. The FISH PEDDLER, INC., Pink Star Corporation, Lango-Taura S.A., et al., Appellees.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals
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  • Aguinda v. Texaco, Inc.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of New York
    • May 30, 2001
    ...F.Supp. at 64 (Ecuador adequate to address personal injury and property damage from oil pollution); Ciba-Geigy Ltd. v. Fish Peddler, Inc., 691 So.2d 1111, 1117 (Fla.Dist.Ct. App.1997) (Ecuador adequate to address property damage from fungicide exposure). In short, plaintiffs' first objectio......
  • Aquamar v. Del Monte Fresh Produce
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit
    • June 30, 1999
    ...forum for the cases and directed the trial court to dismiss them on forum non conveniens grounds. See Ciba-Geigy Ltd. v. Fish Peddler, Inc., 691 So.2d 1111 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1997), review denied, 699 So.2d 1372 (Fla.1997). The trial court did so in October 1997. As the parties informed us at......
  • Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. v. Rosenberger
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • July 9, 1997
    ...requires a two-part inquiry: Ryder's amenability to process and adequacy of an alternative forum. See Ciba-Geigy Ltd. v. Fish Peddler, Inc., 691 So.2d 1111 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). Although Ryder argues that Montana is the proper forum, and no issue exists as to Ryder's amenability to process i......
  • Cortez v. Holdings
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • August 24, 2011
    ...unfairly, even though they may not enjoy the same benefits as they might receive in an American Court.” Ciba–Geigy, Ltd. v. Fish Peddler, Inc., 691 So.2d 1111, 1115 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); see also Diatronics, Inc. v. Elbit Computers, Ltd., 649 F.Supp. 122, 127 (S.D.N.Y.1986) (holding that “th......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Toward a more "convenient" standard of review in cases involving forum non conveniens issues.
    • United States
    • Florida Bar Journal Vol. 84 No. 1, January 2010
    • January 1, 2010
    ...D.C.A. 1999). (24) Kinney, 674 So. 2d at 87-88 (footnote omitted). (25) Id. at 88, 90, 93. (26) Ciba-Geigy Ltd. v. Fish Peddler, Inc., 691 So. 2d 1111, 1124 (Fla. 4th D.C.A. (27) See, e.g., Hilton Int'l Co. v. Carrillo, 971 So. 2d 1001 (Fla. 3d D.C.A.), review dismissed, 982 So. 2d 684 (Fla......
  • Containing Canakaris: tailoring Florida's one-size-fits-most standard of review.
    • United States
    • Florida Bar Journal Vol. 78 No. 4, April 2004
    • April 1, 2004
    ...381, 385 (Fla. 4th D.C.A. 2001) (treating abuse of discretion and legal analyses interchangeably); Ciba-Geigy Ltd. v. Fish Peddler, Inn, 691 So. 2d 1111, 1113, 1115, 1125 (Fla. 4th D.C.A. 1997) (21) Westerheide v. State, 767 So. 2d 637, 656 (Fla. 5th D.C.A. 2000), approved, 831 So. 2d 93 (F......
  • A guide to the 1997 amendments to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.
    • United States
    • Florida Bar Journal Vol. 71 No. 9, October 1997
    • October 1, 1997
    ...inadequate only if the "remedy available there clearly amounts to no remedy at all."[2] In Ciba-Geigy Ltd. v. The Fish Peddler, Inc., 691 So. 2d 1111 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997), the appellate court bifurcated the analysis into availability[3] of the forum and the adequacy[4] of the remedy in the a......

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