Hernandez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Rufino Hernandez appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to quash service of process, claiming that the trial court erred in determining that the plaintiff had sufficiently complied with the statutory prerequisites for substituted service. We agree and reverse, because the allegations of the complaint concerning service were not sufficient to invoke substituted service over the appellant, and the plaintiff did not produce a return receipt for certified mail signed by the appellant in compliance with section 48.161, Florida Statutes.

Appellant was involved in an automobile accident…