Case Name: Steve A. McKENZIE and Brenda Lawson, Appellants, v. Donna REUTER and Gerald Betts, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellees; Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Florida, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Donna Reuter and Gerald Betts, individually, and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellees; George D. Johnson, Jr., William M. Webster, IV, James W. Whatley, David Gallen, Monica L. Allie And Wayne W. Hall, Appellants, v. Donna Reuter and Gerald Betts, individually, and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2009-06-03
Citations: 9 So. 3d 770
Docket Number: Nos. 4D08-2738, 4D08-2739, 4D08-2740
Parties: Steve A. McKENZIE and Brenda Lawson, Appellants, v. Donna REUTER and Gerald Betts, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellees. Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Florida, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Donna Reuter and Gerald Betts, individually, and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellees. George D. Johnson, Jr., William M. Webster, IV, James W. Whatley, David Gallen, Monica L. Allie And Wayne W. Hall, Appellants, v. Donna Reuter and Gerald Betts, individually, and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellees.
Judges: GROSS, C.J., FARMER and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 9
Pages: 770–771

Head Matter:
Steve A. McKENZIE and Brenda Lawson, Appellants, v. Donna REUTER and Gerald Betts, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellees. Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Florida, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. Donna Reuter and Gerald Betts, individually, and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellees. George D. Johnson, Jr., William M. Webster, IV, James W. Whatley, David Gallen, Monica L. Allie And Wayne W. Hall, Appellants, v. Donna Reuter and Gerald Betts, individually, and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellees.
Nos. 4D08-2738, 4D08-2739, 4D08-2740.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
June 3, 2009.
Lawrence P. Rochefort and Virginia B. Townes of Akerman Senterfítt, West Palm Beach, and Claudia T. Callaway and Christopher T. Koegel of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellants Steve A. McKenzie and Brenda Lawson.
Lawrence P. Rochefort and Virginia B. Townes of Akerman Senterfítt, West Palm Beach, for appellants Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Florida, Inc., a Florida corporation.
Lawrence P. Rochefort and Virginia B. Townes, Akerman Senterfítt, West Palm Beach, and Benjamin B. Klubes and Valerie L. Hletko of BuckleySandler, LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellants George D. Johnson, Jr., William M. Webster, IV, James W. Whatley, David Gallen, Monica L. Allie, and Wayne W. Hall.
Diana L. Martin and Theodore J. Leopold of Leopold Kuvin, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, E. Clayton Yates of Yates & Mancini, LLC, Fort Pierce, Christopher C. Casper and John R. Newcomer of James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich, P.A., Tampa, and Richard A. Fisher of Richard Fisher Law Office, Cleveland, Tennessee, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This court sm, sponte consolidates these three cases.
We affirm the non-final order denying appellants' motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in all respects but one. With regard to Brenda Lawson, we find that her investment in Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Florida, Inc. and operation of a lending company purchased by Advance America, Cash Advance Centers of Florida, Inc. did not produce sufficient minimum contacts with Florida to support personal jurisdiction over her. We reject the individual appellants' assertion of the corporate shield doctrine because there is a sufficient basis to bring this case under the fraud or intentional misconduct exception to the doctrine. See Doe v. Thompson, 620 So.2d 1004, 1006 n. 1 (Fla.1993); Edelstein v. Marlene D'Arcy, Inc., 961 So.2d 368 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). Nothing in this brief opinion addressing personal jurisdiction should be construed as a ruling on the viability of any claim or defense.
Affioyned, in part, reversed, in part, and remanded.
GROSS, C.J., FARMER and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.