REYNOLDS AMERICAN, INC. v. GERO

No. 3D10-2066.

56 So.3d 117 (2011)

REYNOLDS AMERICAN, INC., and R.J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc., Appellants, v. Gabriel GERO, Individually, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton Fields , Benjamine Reid , Cristina Alonso , and Olga M. Vieira , Miami, for appellants.

Levey, Filler, Rodriguez, Kelso & De Bianchi, and John R. Kelso , Miami, for appellee.

Before WELLS, SALTER, and EMAS, JJ.


WELLS, Judge.

Reynolds American, Inc. ("RAI") and Reynolds Global Products, Inc. ("RGP") appeal from orders denying their respective motions to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.130(a)(3)(C)(i). Because we agree that there are insufficient jurisdictional facts to bring this action within the purview of Florida's long-arm statute, we reverse. See § 48.193, Fla. Stat. (2010); Venetian Salami Co. v. Parthenais,

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