MacIvor v. Volvo Penta of America, Inc.

The order under review quashing the process served in Sweden upon AB Volvo Penta, a Swedish corporation, on the ground that the appellants, by not timely filing an affidavit “by any officer authorized to serve process in the state where the person is served,” failed to comply with Section 48.194, Florida Statutes (1983), is reversed upon a holding that even assuming, arguendo, that such an affidavit must be filed when service is made in another state of the United States, see Nettles v. White, 439 So.2d 1048 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983) (service in Texas); Palmer Johnson Yachts v. Ray Richard, Inc.,…