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ANDREAS STIHL AG & CO. KG, Appellant, v. Francisco VILLALTA, Appellee.
Appellant seeks review of a trial court order denying its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. After review, we reverse and remand with instructions for the trial court to vacate the order denying Appellant's motion to dismiss and to enter an order dismissing the First Amended Complaint as to Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG. See Venetian Salami Co. v. Parthenais, 554 So. 2d 499 (Fla. 1989); Tobacco Merchants Ass'n of U.S. v. Broin, 657 So. 2d 939, 941 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995) (holding that where defendant has met its burden of contesting personal jurisdiction by filing a legally sufficient affidavit in support of its position, “the burden is then placed upon the plaintiff to prove by affidavit the basis upon which jurisdiction may be obtained,” and “[i]f no such sworn proof is forthcoming from the plaintiff as to the basis for jurisdiction, the trial court must grant the defendant's motion to dismiss” (emphasis added) (citation omitted)); Kent v. Marmorstein, 120 So. 3d 604, 606 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013) (holding that, where plaintiff filed only an unsworn response to defendant's affidavit contesting jurisdiction, plaintiff “failed to meet his burden” to demonstrate jurisdiction).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
PER CURIAM.
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Docket No: No. 3D19-451
Decided: December 04, 2019
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
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