STEVENSON v. BROSDAL

No. 4D01-3233.

813 So.2d 1046 (2002)

Daniel E. STEVENSON, Appellant, v. Amy BROSDAL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maury L. Udell and William G. Liston of Marlow, Connell, Valerius, Abrams, Adler & Newman, Miami, for appellant.

Austin Carr of Austin Carr, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

The question presented in this appeal is whether a nonresident who consents to the operation of his motor vehicle in this state has sufficient "minimum contacts" with the state for its courts to have jurisdiction over the nonresident. We hold that consent to the operation of a vehicle in Florida constitutes sufficient contacts to support jurisdiction. We therefore affirm the order of the trial court denying a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction....

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