Qualley v. International Air Service Co., Ltd.

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• holding that the mere presence of a parent corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary in Florida is insufficient to bring the parent within § 48.193
• holding requirements of section 48.193 were not met for parent corporation which owned a subsidiary actively involved in business in Florida, even though parent corporation also performed certain accounting and payroll functions for its subsidiary
• affirming a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction where plaintiff merely presented evidence that the parent corporation handled accounting and payroll functions for the subsidiary
• affirming a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction where plaintiff merely presented evidence that the parent corporation handled accounting and payroll functions for the subsidiary
• although presence of subsidiary corporation within Florida standing alone is insufficient, parent corporation may nevertheless independently satisfy test for jurisdiction under Florida’s long-arm statutes
• “[T]he ‘presence of a subsidiary corporation within Florida is not enough, without more, to subject a non-Florida parent corporation to long-arm jurisdiction within this state.’”

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