Johnny's Pool Super Center, Inc. v. Foreverpools Caribbean, LLC
A Puerto Rican pool contractor hired a Miami company to install glass tile in pools built in Puerto Rico and made contractual payments by wire to a Miami bank. The Third DCA held that although failing to make payments due in Florida satisfied the statutory prong of long-arm jurisdiction under section 48.193(1)(a)7., the defendant lacked constitutionally sufficient minimum contacts because the 'substantial services' under the contract were performed in Puerto Rico, not Florida.
Key facts
- A Puerto Rican pool contractor hired a Miami-based company to install glass tile in pools located in Puerto Rico and made contractual payments by wire transfer to a Miami bank account.
- The contractor sued the pool company in Florida state court for breach of contract and warranty related to the tile installation work.
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Why it matters
A clean, citable roadmap for defeating Florida personal jurisdiction in cross-border service contract disputes: the opinion crisply separates the long-arm statutory prong (satisfied by nonpayment in Florida) from the… — full analysis with a trial
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