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Oceanair of Fla. v. Beech Acceptance

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 20, 1989
545 So. 2d 443 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

Summary

filing of joint stipulation for dismissal with prejudice terminated litigation instantaneously so that trial court was without jurisdiction to act upon party's motion for default of settlement agreement

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Opinion

No. 88-2530.

June 16, 1989. Rehearing Denied July 20, 1989.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Leon County, William L. Gary, J.

James B. Curasi, Tallahassee, for appellants.

C. Everett Boyd, Jr. of Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom Ervin, Tallahassee, for appellee.


When the parties executed and filed with the court a joint stipulation for dismissal, with prejudice, the litigation between the parties was terminated instantaneously and the trial court was without jurisdiction to thereafter act upon appellants' motion for default of the parties' settlement agreement. Randle-Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc. v. Vasta, 360 So.2d 68 (Fla. 1978); Rule 1.420(a)(1)(ii), Fla. R.Civ.P. Appellants are not barred by the doctrine of res judicata from filing a separate action to enforce the settlement agreement. 32 Fla.Jur.2d, Judgments and Decrees, § 96, 131.

AFFIRMED.

SMITH, C.J., THOMPSON and MINER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Oceanair of Fla. v. Beech Acceptance

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jul 20, 1989
545 So. 2d 443 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

filing of joint stipulation for dismissal with prejudice terminated litigation instantaneously so that trial court was without jurisdiction to act upon party's motion for default of settlement agreement

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filing of joint stipulation for dismissal with prejudice terminated litigation instantaneously so that trial court was without jurisdiction to act upon party's motion for default of settlement agreement

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Case details for

Oceanair of Fla. v. Beech Acceptance

Case Details

Full title:OCEANAIR OF FLORIDA, INC. AND OCEANAIR EQUIPMENT, INC., APPELLANTS, v…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jul 20, 1989

Citations

545 So. 2d 443 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

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