Opinion ID: 2675191
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Heading: “Arise-from” requirement

Text: Florida’s long-arm statute also requires that plaintiff’s cause of action arise from the defendant’s acts. TG argues that the statute is not satisfied because plaintiffs’ causes of action do not arise from its contacts with Florida. 16 As the Court in Lennar Homes recognized: “It is enough under the long-arm statute that the type of Taishan drywall that injured homeowners, and caused the damages sustained by plaintiffs, was otherwise available for purchase in Florida.” 17 The arise-from requirement is met because Mitchell’s complaint alleges that the homebuilders incurred costs because they installed Taishan’s drywall, the profile forms submitted by the parties demonstrate that the drywall at issue in Mitchell is traceable to Taishan, and testimony from Lennar—a Florida homebuilder—identifies 400 homes containing Taishan drywall. Additional evidence supports tracing Taishan drywall to the Mitchell plaintiffs: Devon and North Pacific Group, entered a purchase order of 485,044 sheets of drywall to be sent to Pensacola, Florida. Devon requested to purchase drywall from TG to satisfy the North Pacific purchase order. The product was purchased through a trading company, Shanghai Yu Yuan Import & Export 16 § 48.193. 17 No. 09-07901 CA 42, at 10. 24 Case: 12-31213 Document: 00512636188 Page: 25 Date Filed: 05/20/2014 No. 12-31213 Company, and the Devon logo was stamped on each package. Devon sold some drywall to Emerald Coast Building Supply, and Emerald Coast sold 840 boards of drywall to Rightway Drywall, who finally sold it to Mitchell—the named plaintiff. Accordingly, the district court properly found the Florida long-arm statute satisfied.