Experience
Ina Kaplan v. Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Prevailed for foreign resort clients based on lack of personal jurisdiction. The Eastern District of New York determined that jurisdiction could not be established by booking a stay on a hotel website from New York, as this booking lacked a sufficient connection to the plaintiff’s injuries in Jamaica at the Jamaican resort.
Ekpo v. Playa Mgmt. USA, LLC
Prevailed for foreign resort clients on a motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens stemming from a forum-selection clause.
Samsung SDI Co. v. Hildreth
Prevailed for Appellee in reversing trial court’s denial of a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction regarding a Florida resident’s action stemming from an alleged vaping injury from misusing Appellee’s batteries.
Fasang-Brown v. Visit Us, Inc.
Secured affirmance of a trial court’s order granting the defendant’s forum non conveniens motion where the U.S.-based plaintiffs alleged a premises-liability claim arising out of a foreign hotel.
Rosedown Racing Stables, LLC v. Goldthorpe
Obtained a dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for an equine insurance broker, who was sued by a former client regarding insurance premiums for his racehorses.
Ballard v. Boca Ciega Inv’rs, Inc.
Secured affirmance of a trial-court order compelling enforcement of mandatory arbitration provisions contained in nursing-home residency agreements and participated in oral argument in front of the Second District Court of Appeal.
Schmidt v. Wash. Newspaper Publ’g Co., LLC
Defeated, with prejudice, a forum-shopping plaintiff’s attempts to assert defamation claims against a D.C.-based newspaper and website publisher, after previously having defeated the same plaintiff’s claims on the same alleged defamation claims in Florida federal court and Delaware state court.
McCasland v. Pro Guard Coatings, Inc.
Secured affirmance of a defense summary judgment in an alleged products-liability action. The result was a defense final judgment as a matter of law in favor of the manufacturer of a paint-based roof-patching material.
Samsung SDI Co. v. Hildreth
Obtained reversal of the trial court’s orders denying Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.’s motions for protective order regarding plaintiff’s attempts to include upfront sharing provisions in confidentiality orders.