McGoey v. Sun Tobacco, Inc.

Full title: Frank McGOEY, Appellant, v. SUN TOBACCO, INC., Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Nov 1, 2006

941 So. 2d 474 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

Opinion

No. 3D06-353.

November 1, 2006.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Michael A. Genden, J.

Robert H. Cooper, Aventura, for appellant.

Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff Sitterson and Kelly R. Melchiondo, Miami, for appellee.

Before GREEN, FLETCHER, and CORTIÑAS, JJ.

CORTIÑAS, Judge.

This is an appeal of final judgment after a non-jury trial. We affirm the trial court's granting of appellee's motion to strike appellant's demand for a jury trial and, instead, proceed to a bench trial. Where, as here, the right or remedy is equitable in nature, there is no right to a jury trial. Robbins v. Section 3 Prop. Corp., 609 So.2d 670, 671 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) (citations omitted), approved, 632 So.2d 596 (Fla. 1993).