Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1994

Pacheco v. Pappalardo Contractors, Inc.

Pacheco v. Pappalardo Contractors, Inc.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided April 20, 1994 · Anstead, Farmer, Hersey
634 So. 2d 828; 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 3760; 1994 WL 138397 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Pacheco v. Pappalardo Contractors, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing on the issue of personal jurisdiction over the appellants. We agree with appellants that the trial court erred in determining the issue of personal jurisdiction on the basis of conflicting affidavits. While the pleadings allege the actual commission of tortious acts in Florida, the appellants’ affidavits deny any such activity in Florida. The appellees filed an affidavit conflicting with the appellants’ affidavits. To resolve the factual dispute the trial court should conduct an evidentiary hearing. See Venetian Salami Co. v. Parthenais, 554 So.2d 499 (Fla. 1989).

ANSTEAD, HERSEY and FARMER, JJ., concur.

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