Case Name: Edward Vose BABCOCK, III, Appellant, v. VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-06-19
Citations: 371 So. 2d 1100
Docket Number: No. 78-872
Parties: Edward Vose BABCOCK, III, Appellant, v. VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Appellee.
Judges: Before PEARSON, HENDRY and KE-HOE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 371
Pages: 1100–1101

Head Matter:
Edward Vose BABCOCK, III, Appellant, v. VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Appellee.
No. 78-872.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 19, 1979.
Bailey & Dawes and Jesse C. Jones, Miami, for appellant.
Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson and Edward J. Atkins, Miami, for appellee.
Before PEARSON, HENDRY and KE-HOE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The order under review is reversed and the cause remanded. Since the alleged negligent acts of the non-resident defendant took place before the effective date of Section 48.193, Florida Statutes (1973), but af ter the effective date of Section 48.182, Florida Statutes (1970), the trial court erred in ruling that Section 48.182 did not apply, as it is the prior long-arm statute which governs service on the defendant. See, AB CTC v. Morejon, 324 So.2d 625 (Fla.1975); Griffis v. J. C. Penney Company, Inc., 333 So.2d 503 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976); American Motorists Insurance Company v. Hussain, 363 So.2d 1175 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978). See also, Genaw v. Volkswagenwerk A.G., 536 F.2d 1039 (5th Cir. 1976).
Reversed and remanded.