Harris Schwartzberg Trust v. Estate of Walker

Full title: HARRIS SCHWARTZBERG TRUST; Steven Schwartzberg Trust; Judith Schwartzberg…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Date published: Dec 19, 2012

102 So. 3d 675 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

Opinion

No. 2D11–3042.

2012-12-19

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–Personal 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.

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.

SILBERMAN

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, 98 So.3d 173 (Fla. 2d DCA 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.