BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC. v. HERRON

No. 1D02-0382.

828 So.2d 414 (2002)

BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC., Bridgestone Corporation, S & H Firestone and Tire Super Center, Appellants, v. S. Renee HERRON and Larry A. Dawson, as Parents and Natural Guardians of Crystle Dawson, a Minor, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Stark and Christopher E. Knight of Fowler, White, Burnett, P.A., Miami, for Appellant Bridgestone Corporation.

Donald W. St. Denis and Brett A. Hastings of Anderson, St. Denis & Glenn, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellant Tire Super Center.

William F. Jung and Paul M. Sisco of Jung & Sisco, Tampa, for Appellees.


PADOVANO, J.

Bridgestone Corporation, one of the defendants in a product liability case, appeals a nonfinal order denying its motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. We find no merit to the appeal. Furthermore, we conclude that Bridgestone and its attorneys knew or should have known that the jurisdictional argument made in the initial brief was not supported by the material facts. Consequently, we affirm the trial court's order and grant the appellee...

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