SMITH v. LEAMAN

No. 2D02-2708.

826 So.2d 1077 (2002)

Lumumba Cinque SMITH, Appellant, v. Diana LEAMAN and Lawrence Leaman, her husband, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. Fuller of Brasfield, Fuller, Freeman, Lovell & O'Hern, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellant.

J. Christopher Deem of Prugh, Holliday & Deem, P.A., Tampa, for Appellees.


PARKER, Judge.

Lumumba Cinque Smith challenges the trial court's order denying his motion to quash service of process of the complaint filed against him by Diana and Lawrence Leaman (the Leamans). Because the Leamans did not strictly comply with the substituted service requirements of section 48.161, Florida Statutes (2001), we reverse.

The Leamans filed a complaint against Smith and Alamo Rent-A-Car for bodily injuries that Diana Leaman suffered in an auto...

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