Schmitt v. Seaspray-Sharkline, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROWLEY, Judge:

Appellant Schmitt appeals from an order sustaining the preliminary objections of defendants Seaspray-Sharkline, Inc. and William Cohen. Appellant contests the trial court’s order only as to defendant Cohen, whose preliminary objections were sustained for lack of personal jurisdiction. 1 The issue is whether the trial court erred in finding that the exercise of personal jurisdiction over Mr. Cohen would be “unreasonable or unjustifiable.”

Appellant is the administrator of the Estate of Gerard E. Schmitt who died after suffering quadriplegia as a result of…