Legal Opinion

Biernath v. First National Bank & Trust of Beverly, New Jersey

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 6, 1988No. 87-2877Published

1Per curiam

The order appealed dismisses a complaint for lack of in personam jurisdiction over a properly served defendant where full discovery on jurisdictional issues was frustrated. We reverse on the appellant’s first point without reaching other procedural questions.1 A plaintiff may seek non-party discovery as to issues of jurisdiction over the defendant. See F. Hoffmann LaRoche *506& Co., Ltd. v. Felix, 512 So.2d 997 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).

REVERSED AND REMANDED. ■. Recent cases of this court may guide a resolution of the remaining jurisdictional issues. See Pipkin v. Wiggins, 526 So.2d 1002 (Fla. 3d DCA…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pipkin v. WigginsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  2. F. Hoffmann LaRoche & Co. v. FelixDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

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