DOUGLAS FRANTIN
v.
MVS MEDIA GROUP, LLC, ET AL.
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Douglas Frantin appealed a non-final order from the circuit court concerning personal jurisdiction over MVS Media Group, LLC under Florida's long-arm statute. The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court's order, relying on prior precedent establishing that MVS's supplemental complaint contained sufficient jurisdictional facts to establish long-arm jurisdiction.
The court affirmed the lower court's order, holding that MVS's supplemental complaint contained sufficient jurisdictional facts to fall within the ambit of Florida's long-arm statute, consistent with the court's prior 2023 decision in the same case.
[1] A court must determine whether sufficient jurisdictional facts exist under the long-arm statute before examining whether the defendant possesses minimum contacts with the…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“MVS's supplemental complaint contained sufficient jurisdictional facts to fall within the ambit of Florida's long arm statute.”
Establishes the holding regarding personal jurisdiction under long-arm statute
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PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Frantin v. MVS Media Grp., LLC, 390 So. 3d 75, 77 (Fla. 3d DCA 2023) (“MVS's supplemental complaint contained sufficient jurisdictional facts to fall within the ambit of Florida's long arm statute."); Fla. Dep't of Transp. v. Juliano, 801 So. 2d 101, 105 (Fla. 2001) (“The doctrine of the law of the case requires that questions of law actually decided on appeal must govern the case in the same court and the trial court, through all subsequent stages of the proceedings.”); see also Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462, 476 (1985) (“So long as a commercial actor's efforts are 'purposefully directed' toward residents of another State, we have consistently rejected the notion that an absence of physical contacts can defeat personal jurisdiction there.” (quoting in part Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 465 U.S. 770, 774 (1984))); Banco Inversion, S.A. v. Celtic Fin. Corp., S.A., 907 So. 2d 704, 708–09 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) (finding sufficient minimum contacts for long-arm jurisdiction under Venetian Salami Co. v. Parthenais, 554 So. 2d 499 (Fla. 1989), where foreign defendant allegedly entered oral contract with Florida plaintiff for consulting services, maintained relationship through extensive written and telephonic messages, and plaintiff performed substantial work from Florida).
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- Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz, 471 U.S. 462 (U.S. 1985)
- Venetian Salami Co. v. J.S. Parthenais, 554 So. 2d 499 (Fla. 1989)
- Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 465 U.S. 770 (U.S. 1984)
- Fla. Dep't OF Transp. v. Juliano, 801 So. 2d 101 (Fla. 2001)