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Flinn v. Shields

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jun 20, 1989
545 So. 2d 452 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

Opinion

No. 88-2257.

June 20, 1989.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Robert P. Kaye, J.

Gene Flinn and Scott R. Weiss, Miami, for appellant.

Dunn, Dresnick, Lodish Miller and Helen L. Stone and Jan L. Jacobowitz; Womack, Lombana Bass and Judith A. Bass, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and LEVY, JJ.


The earlier decision of this court reversing the summary judgment previously entered by the trial court, in favor of the appellees, is now "the law of the case". As a result thereof, it was error for the trial court to subsequently grant appellees' Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings in view of the fact that the earlier opinion of this court implicitly reflected the view that appellant's Complaint stated a cause of action. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's most recent order granting appellees' Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings and the entry of a Final Judgment in their behalf. This cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.

Flinn v. Shields, 517 So.2d 49 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). Appellees acknowledge that they did not raise or argue against the legal sufficiency of the Complaint during the appellate process that led to that earlier decision by this court.

Reversed.


Summaries of

Flinn v. Shields

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jun 20, 1989
545 So. 2d 452 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)
Case details for

Flinn v. Shields

Case Details

Full title:GENE FLINN, APPELLANT, v. KAREN SHIELDS AND VIRGINIA CATHCART, APPELLEES

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jun 20, 1989

Citations

545 So. 2d 452 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

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