Opinion
Case No. 2D11-3042
10-17-2012
HARRIS SCHWARTZBERG TRUST; STEVEN SCHWARTZBERG TRUST; JUDITH SCHWARTZBERG TRUST; SCHWARTZBERG DESCENDANTS TRUST; HARRIS SCHWARTZBERG 2003 TRUST; STEVEN SCHWARTZBERG 2003 TRUST; HS MIDWEST TRUST #1; JS MIDWEST TRUST; FAM MIDWEST TRUST; JUDITH SCHWARTZBERG 2003 TRUST; HARRIS SCHWARTZBERG 2004 GST TRUST 1; HARRIS SCHWARTZBERG 2004 GST TRUST 2; JUDITH SCHWARTZBERG 2004 GST TRUST 1; JUDITH SCHWARTZBERG 2004 GST TRUST 2; SCHWARTZBERG FAMILY 2004 GST TRUST; SCHWARTZBERG 2004 DESCENDANTS TRUST; HS NATIONAL TRUST #1; JS NATIONAL TRUST; HS NATIONAL TRUST #2; and FAM NATIONAL TRUST; Appellants, v. THE ESTATE OF JOHN I. WALKER, JR., by and through RALPH EDWARD WALKER and BRENDA ALEENE MOLE, Co-Persona Representatives; SA-LAKELAND, LLC; CHC-CLP-OPERATOR HOLDING, LLC; CHC-SPC OPERATOR, INC.; SA-MASTER OPERATOR HOLDINGS, LLC; HARRIS SCHWARTZBERG; CYPRESS HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT REGION III, LLC; CYPRESS HEALTH CARE HOLDINGS, LLC; MAXWELL STOLZBERG; NEW SURFSIDE ADMINISTRATORS, LLC d/b/a CYPRESS HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT; NEW ROCHELLE ADMINISTRATORS, LLC n/k/a SA-PG OPERATOR HOLDINGS, LLC; DEREK K. JONES; SANDRA L. KENYON; and LYNN M. TAPHORN (as to PALM TERRACE OF LAKELAND), Appellees.
Daniel E. Dias and Antonio A. Cifuentes of Mancuso & Dias, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants. Isaac R. Ruiz-Carus of Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee the Estate of John I. Walker, Jr. No appearance for remaining Appellees.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the Circuit Court for Polk County; Donald G. Jacobsen, Judge. Daniel E. Dias and Antonio A. Cifuentes of Mancuso & Dias, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants. Isaac R. Ruiz-Carus of Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee the Estate of John I. Walker, Jr. No appearance for remaining Appellees. SILBERMAN, Chief Judge.
The appellants, various named trust defendants in nursing home litigation, seek review of the trial court's order denying their motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The facts and posture of this case are virtually indistinguishable from those in Schwartzberg v. Knobloch, No. 2D11-2867, 2012 WL 3870628 (Fla. 2d DCA Sept. 7, 2012). For the reasons set forth therein, we conclude that co-personal representatives Ralph Edward Walker and Brenda Aleene Mole did not prove a basis for long-arm jurisdiction over the trust defendants under section 48.193, Florida Statutes (2010).
Reversed and remanded. NORTHCUTT and WALLACE, JJ., Concur.