Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1979

Babcock v. Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided June 19, 1979 · Hendry, Hoe, Pearson

371 So. 2d 1100; 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15299 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

1 later published case cites this decision.

Tako v. Mayer Rothkopf Industries, Inc. (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The order under review is reversed and the cause remanded. Since the alleged negligent acts of the non-resident defendant took place before the effective date of Section 48.193, Florida Statutes (1973), but af*1101ter the effective date of Section 48.182, Florida Statutes (1970), the trial court erred in ruling that Section 48.182 did not apply, as it is the prior long-arm statute which governs service on the defendant. See, AB CTC v. Morejon, 324 So.2d 625 (Fla. 1975); Griffis v. J. C. Penney Company, Inc., 333 So.2d 503 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976); American Motorists Insurance Company v. Hussain, 363 So.2d 1175 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978). See also, Genaw v. Volkswagenwerk A.G., 536 F.2d 1039 (5th Cir. 1976).

Reversed and remanded.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.