Reversing $50M Default Judgment for Caribbean Island Two Florida-based companies – Architectural Ingenieria Siglo and Sun Land & RGITC – sued the Dominican Republic and its independent agency, Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidráulicos (INDRHI), in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2013 for breach of contract and unjust enrichment in connection with the development of an irrigation system in the Dominican Republic. When the Dominican Republic and INDRHI failed to respond, a Miami federal judge issued a $50.1 million default judgment. Immediately, the Caribbean nation enlisted Holland & Knight to vacate the default judgment and allow the country to defend the lawsuit on the merits. Our attorneys argued that the mishandling of the service of the suit and default

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