Ecuadorian Company Asks Judge to Toss Folksamerica Suit

MIAMI - An Ecuadorian construction company seeks dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Folksamerica Reinsurance Co., asserting that it was not served in accordance with the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory. Folksamerica Reinsurance Co. v. Constructora Del Litoral S.A., et al., No. 10-20560 (S.D. Fla.).

Folksamerica sued Constructora Del Litoral S.A. and its president for $51,783 allegedly owed under a bond reinsurance contract. The suit, originally filed in the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court, was removed by COLISA to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

"Neither defendant was actually 'served' with legal process," COLISA contends in its …