Harris Schwartzberg Trust v. The Estate of John I. Walker, Jr.

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT HARRIS SCHWARTZBERG TRUST; ) STEVEN SCHWARTZBERG TRUST; ) JUDITH SCHWARTZBERG TRUST; ) SCHWARTZBERG DESCENDANTS ) TRUST; HARRIS SCHWARTZBERG 2003 ) TRUST; STEVEN SCHWARTZBERG 2003 ) TRUST; HS MIDWEST TRUST #1; JS ) MIDWEST TRUST; FAM MIDWEST ) TRUST; JUDITH SCHWARTZBERG 2003 ) TRUST; HARRIS SCHWARTZBERG 2004 ) GST TRUST 1; HARRIS SCHWARTZBERG) 2004 GST TRUST 2; JUDITH ) SCHWARTZBERG 2004 GST TRUST 1; ) JUDITH SCHWARTZBERG 2004 GST ) TRUST 2; SCHWARTZBERG FAMILY ) 2004 GST TRUST; SCHWARTZBERG ) 2004 DESCENDANTS TRUST; HS ) NATIONAL TRUST #1; JS NATIONAL ) TRUST; HS NATIONAL TRUST #2; and ) FAM NATIONAL TRUST; ) ) Appellants, ) ) v. ) ) THE ESTATE OF JOHN I. WALKER, JR., ) by and through RALPH EDWARD WALKER) and BRENDA ALEENE MOLE, Co-Personal) Representatives; SA-LAKELAND, LLC; ) CHC-CLP-OPERATOR HOLDING, LLC; ) CHC-SPC OPERATOR, INC.; ) SA-MASTER OPERATOR HOLDINGS, ) LLC; HARRIS SCHWARTZBERG; ) CYPRESS HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT) REGION III, LLC; CYPRESS HEALTH ) CARE HOLDINGS, LLC; MAXWELL ) Case No. 2D11-3042 STOLZBERG; NEW SURFSIDE ) ADMINISTRATORS, LLC d/b/a CYPRESS ) HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT; NEW ) ROCHELLE ADMINISTRATORS, LLC n/k/a ) SA-PG OPERATOR HOLDINGS, LLC; ) DEREK K. JONES; SANDRA L. KENYON; ) and LYNN M. TAPHORN (as to PALM ) TERRACE OF LAKELAND), ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed October 17, 2012. Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the Circuit Court for Polk County; Donald G. Jacobsen, Judge. Daniel E. Dias and Antonio A. Cifuentes of Mancuso & Dias, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants. Isaac R. Ruiz-Carus of Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee the Estate of John I. Walker, Jr. No appearance for remaining Appellees. SILBERMAN, Chief Judge. The appellants, various named trust defendants in nursing home litigation, seek review of the trial court's order denying their motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The facts and posture of this case are virtually indistinguishable from those in Schwartzberg v. Knobloch, No. 2D11-2867, 2012 WL 3870628 (Fla. 2d DCA Sept. 7, 2012). For the reasons set forth therein, we conclude that co-personal representatives Ralph Edward Walker and Brenda Aleene Mole did not prove a basis for long-arm jurisdiction over the trust defendants under section 48.193, Florida Statutes (2010). -2- Reversed and remanded. NORTHCUTT and WALLACE, JJ., Concur. -3-

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