Case Name: SIERRA HOLDING, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. SHARP ELECTRONICS CORP., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-08-10
Citations: 436 So. 2d 324
Docket Number: No. 83-358
Parties: SIERRA HOLDING, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. SHARP ELECTRONICS CORP., Appellee.
Judges: LETTS, BERANEK and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 436
Pages: 324–324

Head Matter:
SIERRA HOLDING, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. SHARP ELECTRONICS CORP., Appellee.
No. 83-358.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 10, 1983.
Henry W. Ciar, Coral Gables, for appellant.
Thomas A. Truex of Jacobson & Gottlieb, Hollywood, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Sierra Holding, Inc., challenges the sufficiency of service of process upon it where same was attempted under the provisions of Sections 48.081(3), Florida Statutes (1979) as amended.
The process server actually served one Charles (Chuck) Drago with process. The dispositive issue is whether Mr. Drago was an employee of appellant at the time. From an examination of the record and testimony we find no basis for a finding that Mr. Drago was an employee of appellant, but to the contrary find he was not. Thus, the service under the mentioned statute was invalid.
We further hold that appellant did not submit to personal jurisdiction by general appearance. Finally we do not rule on the sufficiency of subsequent substituted service since the trial court has not yet adjudicated its sufficiency.
Reversed and remanded.
LETTS, BERANEK and WALDEN, JJ., concur.