District Court of Appeal of Florida

Final judgment for plaintiff on a complaint for damages arising out of an automobile accident is reversed where defendants were improperly served under the substituted service statute, and thus, the trial court never acquired personal jurisdiction over the defendants.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/18/2006
• Published 01/18/2006

Judges

• CORTIÑAS, Judge., Before SUAREZ and CORTIÑAS, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Buckner, Shifrin, Rice & Etter, and Charles W. Rice, Miami, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lanza & Bugay;  Robert S. Glazier, Miami, for appellees.