TWO WORLDS UNITED v. ZYLSTRA

No. 2D09-3195.

46 So.3d 1175 (2010)

TWO WORLDS UNITED, a Florida not-for-profit corporation, Appellant, v. Roel ZYLSTRA, Kiffani Irby, Melissa Billings, Irene Graham, Robin Becker, and Rick Jackson, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey E. Parmer of Geoffrey Parmer, P.A., Tampa (withdrew after briefing); Jose D. Sosa of the Law Office of Jose D. Sosa, Palm Beach Gardens (substituted as counsel of record), for Appellant.

James B. Thompson, Jr. , of Thompson Goodis Thompson Groseclose Richardson & Miller, P.A., St. Petersburg, for Appellee Roel Zylstra.

No appearance for Appellees Kiffani Irby, Melissa Billings, Irene Graham, Robin Becker, and Rick Jackson.


MORRIS, Judge.

Two Worlds United ("Two Worlds") appeals an order dismissing its complaint against Roel Zylstra for lack of personal jurisdiction. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the order of dismissal.

I. Facts

Two Worlds, a Florida not-for-profit corporation whose principal place of business is in Tampa, filed suit alleging that Zylstra, a California resident, and other defendants posted defamatory statements on a website owned and operated...

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