COMPANIA HELVETICA DE v. ZORILLA

No. 84-2808.

479 So.2d 855 (1985)

COMPANIA HELVETICA DE NAVEGACION S.A., Style Caribe Carrier, Corp., the Standard Steamship Owners Protection and Indemnity Assoc., Appellants, v. Ramon ZORILLA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Strickroot and John W. Keller, III, Miami, for appellants.

No appearance for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HENDRY and FERGUSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse an order denying a motion to quash service of process on foreign corporations for several reasons. First, the bare allegations of a complaint, unsworn to, are not sufficient to support jurisdiction when a foreign defendant has filed sworn affidavits controverting the facts as alleged. Underwood v. University of Kentucky, 390 So.2d 433 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980); Caribe & Panama Investments, S.A. v. Christensen...

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