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M.T.B. Banking Corp. v. Bergamo Da Silva

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jan 28, 1992
592 So. 2d 1215 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

Summary

holding that defendant properly raised affirmative defense of lack of personal jurisdiction at first opportunity as required by Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.140(b), regardless of defendant's assertion of other defenses or objections in its answer

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Opinion

No. 91-2120.

January 28, 1992.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Leonard Rivkind, J.

Goldstein Tanen and Susan E. Trench, Miami, for appellant.

Otero Morris, Coral Gables, and Fulvia A. Morris, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.


M.T.B. Banking Corporation appeals an order determining that M.T.B. waived the affirmative defense of lack of personal jurisdiction. M.T.B. raised that defense as well as other defenses in its answer and in its motion for judgment on the pleadings. However, the court concluded that by filing those pleadings M.T.B. waived the jurisdictional defense. The ruling is erroneous. M.T.B. properly raised the defense of lack of personal jurisdiction at the "first opportunity" as required by Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.140(b). Cumberland Software, Inc. v. Great Am. Mortgage Corp., 507 So.2d 794 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987); Kimbrough v. Rowe, 479 So.2d 867 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987); see Logan v. Mora, 555 So.2d 1267 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989). Furthermore, M.T.B.'s assertion of other defenses or objections in its answer and motion did not waive the personal jurisdiction defense. Montero v. Duval Fed. Sav. Loan Ass'n of Jacksonville, 581 So.2d 938 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991); Dimino v. Farina, 572 So.2d 552 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990); Tampa Assoc., Ltd. v. Miami Elevator Co., 545 So.2d 458 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989); Zarcone v. Lesser, 190 So.2d 805 (Fla. 3d DCA 1966); Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.140(b) ("No defense or objection is waived by being joined with other defenses or objections in a responsive pleading or motion."). The order is therefore reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.

We have jurisdiction. Fla.R.App.P. 9.130(a)(3)(C)(i).

Tampa Assoc., Ltd. v. Miami Elevator Co., 545 So.2d 458, 459 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989).


Summaries of

M.T.B. Banking Corp. v. Bergamo Da Silva

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jan 28, 1992
592 So. 2d 1215 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

holding that defendant properly raised affirmative defense of lack of personal jurisdiction at first opportunity as required by Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.140(b), regardless of defendant's assertion of other defenses or objections in its answer

Summary of this case from Am. Mgmt. Servs., Inc. v. Ray Weiner, LLC
Case details for

M.T.B. Banking Corp. v. Bergamo Da Silva

Case Details

Full title:M.T.B. BANKING CORPORATION, APPELLANT, v. ANA MARIA BERGAMO DA SILVA…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jan 28, 1992

Citations

592 So. 2d 1215 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

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