HOMEWAY FURN. CO. OF MOUNT AIRY v. HORNE

No. 2D01-2581.

822 So.2d 533 (2002)

HOMEWAY FURNITURE COMPANY OF MOUNT AIRY, INC., a foreign corporation; and Teresa Nance, individually, Appellants, v. Mark J. HORNE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Russo and Robert E. Vaughn, Jr., of Butler Burnette Pappas, LLP, Tampa, for Appellants.

George M. Osborne, St. Petersburg, for Appellee.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

Homeway Furniture Company of Mount Airy, Inc. ("Homeway Furniture"), and its shareholder, Teresa Nance, appeal an order denying their motion to dismiss the complaint of Mark Home for lack of personal jurisdiction. We reverse because Florida's long-arm statute, section 48.193, Florida Statutes (2000), does not provide a basis for a Florida court to assert personal jurisdiction over these foreign defendants. Specifically, Mr. Home's complaint for...

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