Elmlund v. Mottershead

Lennart Elmlund died while a passenger on a Carnival cruise liner operating out of Miami, allegedly as a result of maltreatment by the ships physician, Dr. Mark Steven Mottershead. Elmlunds survivors sued Carnival and Dr. Mottershead, an English citizen licenced to practice only in the United Kingdom, in the Dade County Circuit Court. In the order now under review, the trial court dismissed the action as against Dr. Mottershead on the ground that there was no basis for the Florida long arm jurisdiction attempted upon him.We agree and affirm.