Sebastian Ricciardi Lima v. Intermarine Investments, LLC

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed March 13, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D22-1492 Lower Tribunal No. 20-27735 ________________

Sebastian Ricciardi Lima, et al., Appellants,

vs.

Intermarine Investments, LLC, et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Alan Fine, Judge.

The Legal Team, PLLC, and Karel Suarez and Anthony Halmon, for appellants.

Mark Migdal & Hayden and Donald J. Hayden and Maia Aron, for appellees.

Before SCALES, MILLER and LOBREE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Amezcua v. Cortez, 314 So. 3d 666, 669 (Fla. 3d DCA *2 2021) (“In Florida, recognition of international final foreign judgments is governed by statute, while general principles of comity allow for the discretionary enforcement of certain interlocutory rulings.”); Cochrane v. Nwandu, 855 So. 2d 1276, 1277 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003) (stating that “a foreign decree is entitled to comity where (1) the parties have been given notice and the opportunity to be heard, (2) where the foreign court had original jurisdiction, and (3) where the foreign decree does not offend the public policy of the State of Florida”).