McDOUGAL v. MIZRAHI

No. 94-236.

636 So.2d 138 (1994)

Bruce W. McDougal and Lawrence L. Sanderson, as last surviving directors of Genway Corporation, a dissolved Delaware corporation, and individually, Appellants, v. Isaac MIZRAHI, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bienstock & Clark and Terry S. Bienstock and Donna L. DeConna, Miami, Latham & Watkins and Mary Rose Alexander and Ruth F. Masters, Chicago, IL, for appellants.

Lee H. Schillinger, Hollywood, for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

In the absence of sufficient allegations in the complaint that the non-resident appellants did business or committed a tort in Florida as individuals, as opposed to their conduct as officers of a corporation, there is no basis for asserting Florida jurisdiction over them pursuant to any applicable statute. See Bloom v. A.H. Pond Co., 519 F.Supp. 1162 (S.D.Fla. 1981); Doe v. Thompson,

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