SPANIER v. SUISSE-OUTREMER REEDEREI A.G.

No. 88-1825.

557 So.2d 83 (1990)

Reinhold SPANIER, Appellant, v. SUISSE-OUTREMER REEDEREI A.G., and Ecuadorian Line, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett Rivkind, Miami, for appellant.

Mitchell, Harris, Horr & Associates, David Horr and Jonathan W. Skipp, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

In this seaman's personal injury action which arose at sea and has no "connexity" to this state, the trial court held that the defendants' vessel's sporadic visits and other contacts with Florida did not constitute the "continuous and systematic" activity necessary to sustain a claim of personal jurisdiction under section 48.193(2), Florida Statutes (1985) (requiring "substantial and not isolated activity within this state"). We agree. See Helicopteros...

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