FIBREBOARD CORP. v. KERNESS

No. 91-894.

590 So.2d 501 (1991)

FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Samuel KERNESS, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blaire & Cole, Louise H. McMurray, Miami, for appellant.

David M. Lipman, Miami, for appellees.

Before JORGENSON, LEVY and GODERICH, JJ.


JORGENSON, Judge.

Fibreboard Corporation appeals from a nonfinal order denying its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. We affirm.

In September of 1989, Samuel Kerness, a Florida resident, was diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease. Kerness and his wife filed suit in Dade County against Fibreboard and thirteen other foreign corporations,1 that mined, manufactured, or distributed asbestos-containing products...

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