Case Name: Rosalind Steck WHITE, individually and on Behalf of Marketing Productions, Inc., f/k/a Mall Productions, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellants, v. June L. WATTS, and Marketing Productions, Inc., f/k/a Mall Productions, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-07-17
Citations: 716 So. 2d 293
Docket Number: No. 97-04388
Parties: Rosalind Steck WHITE, individually and on Behalf of Marketing Productions, Inc., f/k/a Mall Productions, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellants, v. June L. WATTS, and Marketing Productions, Inc., f/k/a Mall Productions, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.
Judges: PATTERSON, A.C.J., and ALTENBERND, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 716
Pages: 293–294

Head Matter:
Rosalind Steck WHITE, individually and on Behalf of Marketing Productions, Inc., f/k/a Mall Productions, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellants, v. June L. WATTS, and Marketing Productions, Inc., f/k/a Mall Productions, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.
No. 97-04388.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
July 17, 1998.
Marcus A. Castillo of Haas & Castillo, P. A., Clearwater, Raymond T. Elligett, Jr., of Schropp, Buell & Elligett, P. A., Tampa, and Walter E. Aye of Walter Edwards Aye, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants.
Susan W. Fox and Josh Magidson of MacFarlane, Ferguson & McMullen, Tampa, for Appellees.

Opinion:
CASANUEVA, Judge.
Rosalind Steck White, the plaintiff who brought a shareholder's derivative suit, appeals an order enforcing a settlement agreement with June L. Watts and Marketing Productions, Inc. We reverse because the trial court lacked jurisdiction over the corporation.
Ms. White filed this action in January, 1996. To meet the requirements of a derivative action the complaint named the corporation and was verified by Ms. White. Although the corporation was a named defendant, Ms. White never served it. In a shareholder's derivative action, the corporation is an indispensable party defendant. See Alario v. Miller, 354 So.2d 925 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978). Without completed service of process, there is no personal jurisdiction over the corporation.
Because no jurisdiction was obtained over the defendant corporation, no judgment could be entered against it.
Reversed.
PATTERSON, A.C.J., and ALTENBERND, J., concur.