Opinion
Case No. 96-2200
Opinion filed January 2, 1997
Appeal of a nonfinal order from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; James T. Carlisle, Judge; L.T. Case No. CL 95-4586 AE.
Russell S. Bohn of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn Compiani, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Robert I. Claire, Boca Raton, for appellants.
Marshall J. Osofsky of Lewis, Vegosen, Rosenbach Silber, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees.
The trial court summarily denied appellants' motion for temporary injunction to prevent the sale of stock pledged to secure a debt. The decision was based solely on the trial court's review of the motion; no hearing was held. The reason given for denial was that the injury alleged in the motion could be remedied by an award of damages.
Injunctive relief will not be granted routinely to prevent the wrongful sale of stock because a value can usually be placed on the shares after they are sold. Morris v. Ricks, 573 So.2d 1029 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991). However, the appellants should not have been deprived of the opportunity to offer evidence that in their case a monetary award would be inadequate. The order denying the temporary injunction is reversed, and the case remanded for a hearing on the appellants' motion.
DELL, POLEN and WARNER, JJ., concur.