Opinion
No. 4D04-491.
December 14, 2005.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, Thomas H. Barkdull, III, Judge, L.T. Case No. CL 99-2262.
Stephen A. Marino, Jr. of Ver Ploeg Lumpkin, P.A., Miami, for appellant.
Bard D. Rockenbach and Mark Bradfield of Sellars, Marion Bachi, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
ON MOTION For REHEARING AND CERTIFICATION
We deny appellant's motion for rehearing but certify the following question as one of great public importance:
Is a Michigan insurer, which does not sell insurance in Florida, subject to personal jurisdiction in Florida in a suit by the insured seeking a defense and coverage, where (a) the insured is being sued in Florida for committing slander in Florida and (b) the policy is a homeowner's policy covering only a Michigan residence but also providing coverage for torts including slander?
FARMER, KLEIN and MAY, JJ., concur.