Case Title: Traylor Brothers Inc v. Tora Shipman

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC96-540

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2000-04-06T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida
 
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No. SC96540
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TRAYLOR BROTHERS, INC., ,
Petitioner,
vs.
TORA SHIPMAN, as Personal Representative of the 
Estate of Maurice Shipman,
Respondent.
[April 6, 2000]
PER CURIAM.  
We have for review Traylor Brothers, Inc., v. Shipman, 738 So. 2d 1028 (Fla.
1st DCA 1999), which certified conflict with Comisky v. Rosen Management Service,
Inc., 630 So. 2d 628 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994), and Mid-Florida Associates, Ltd. v. Taylor,
641 So. 2d 182 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994), concerning the issue of a motion to dismiss
alleging untimely service under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.707(j).  We have
jurisdiction.  Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  In Thomas v. Silvers, 748 So. 2d 263 (Fla.
1999), we resolved this conflict by approving the decision of the district court below
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and holding that an order denying a motion to dismiss that is based on untimely service
under rule 1.070(j) is not an order which determines “jurisdiction of the person” and
therefore is not directly appealable under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure
9.130(a)(3)(C)(i).  Therefore, we approve the First District’s decision in Traylor
Brothers, based on our decision in Thomas.
It is so ordered.
HARDING, C.J., and SHAW, WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and
QUINCE, JJ., concur.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND IF
FILED, DETERMINED.
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified
Direct Conflict of Decisions
First District - Case No. 1D99-1672
(Duval County)
J. Scott Murphy and Michael H. Gotschall of Murphy & Cooley, Orlando, Florida,
for Petitioner
Allen L. Poucher, Jr. of Dawson, Galant & Sulik, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida,
for Respondent