District Court of Appeal of Florida

In a case involving allegations that golfer John Daly granted two different companies exclusive rights to use his name, likeness and signature in connection with the advertising and sale of golf merchandise, denial of defendant's motion to dismiss a tortious interference complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction is reversed where the state of Florida lacks personal jurisdiction over defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/03/2007
• Published 01/03/2007

Judges

• POLEN, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frederick H.L. McClure and S. Douglas Knox of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary U.S. LLP, Tampa, and Carol A. Witschel of White & Case LLP, New York, New York, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas A. Dye of Carlton Fields, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee Cornerstone Golf, Inc.