Ebh

Plaintiffs in a suit arising from a fraudulent investment scheme appeal from orders of the trial court dismissing three defendants, Eytan Halevy, Maria Halevy, and Daniel Halevy, for want of personal jurisdiction. We dismiss as untimely the purported appeal from the order granting Eytan Halevy’s motion to quash service of summons and complaint (and to dismiss) on the ground of lack of personal jurisdiction. We reject plaintiffs’ argument that the other two defendants, Eytan’s wife, (whose full name is Maria Luisa De Abreu Freire Bandeira Halevy; hereafter Maria), and Eytan’s son, Daniel Bandeira Halevy (Daniel) failed to preserve their challenge to the court’s personal jurisdiction over them. We affirm the order vacating default judgments as to them.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY

This is an action arising from a fraud scheme involving Rob Nite, conducted through his business, Manor Financial Services. Plaintiffs allege they invested over $1 million and were promised returns of $102 million. The defendants are various entities and individuals. We are concerned with only three of the individual defendants in this appeal—Eytan Halevy (Eytan), Maria, and Daniel. According…