DIRGA v. Butler

1 So. 3d 1188 (2009)

Dora B. DIRGA, as personal representative of the Estate of Ethel Braun, deceased, Appellant,
v.
Rex A. BUTLER, M.D., Appellee.

No. 1D07-5969.

District Court of Appeal of. Florida, First District.

February 5, 2009.

C. Philip Hall of McKenzie & Hall, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellant.

Craig A. Dennis and Melanie M. Burnette of Dennis, Jackson, Martin & Fontela, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

REVERSED. See § 48.193(1)(b), Fla. Stat. (2001); Dean v. Johns, 789 So. 2d 1072, 1076-77 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).

BENTON, and BROWNING, JJ., concur; KAHN, J., dissents.

KAHN, J., dissenting.

I would affirm the trial court's dismissal of this case because the constitutional minimum contacts requirement has not been demonstrated by appellant.