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Holding Electric Inc. v. Roberts

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Sep 22, 1987
512 So. 2d 1112 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

Opinion

No. 87-108.

September 22, 1987.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County; David P. Kirwan, Judge.

John W. Conlin, Marathon, for appellant.

Ruden, Barnett, McClosky, Smith, Schuster Russell and W. Wyndham Geyer, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.


Following oral argument, the presiding panel of the court, pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.331, requested en banc review to consider departing from the prior decision of this court in Mardan Kitchen Cabinets, Inc. v. Bruns, 312 So.2d 769 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975), and to adopt McMahan Constr. Co., Inc. v. Carol's Care Center, Inc., 460 So.2d 1001 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984). Counsel were invited to submit briefs directed to the issue and, the court, after reviewing the briefs and discussing the issues, decided against receding from the Mardan decision. In the absence of a decision by the court en banc to overrule Mardan, the present panel is bound by that decision. See In Re Rule 9.331, 416 So.2d 1127 (Fla. 1982). Accordingly, the court is required to follow the Mardan decision and to affirm. We certify express conflict with McMahan.

The court as a whole has not agreed to the panel's request for en banc consideration of this case.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Holding Electric Inc. v. Roberts

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Sep 22, 1987
512 So. 2d 1112 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)
Case details for

Holding Electric Inc. v. Roberts

Case Details

Full title:HOLDING ELECTRIC, INC., APPELLANT, v. LINDA M. ROBERTS, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Sep 22, 1987

Citations

512 So. 2d 1112 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

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