Opinion
No. 99-2768.
Opinion filed November 10, 1999.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Gadsden County, Terry P. Lewis, Judge.
R. Frank Myers of MESSER, CAPARELLO SELF, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.
William R. Mabile, III, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
Appellant appeals an order denying her motion for a new trial. Although an order granting a motion for a new trial is appealable as a final order, an order denying a motion for a new trial is neither appealable as a final order nor as a non-final order appealable pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130.
In the alternative, Appellant asks that this court permit the lower tribunal to render a final order before dismissing the appeal, pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.110(m). This court has held absent an exceptional circumstance, a premature appeal should be dismissed without prejudice to the appealing party to file a timely notice of appeal after the trial court has rendered an appealable final order. See Benton v. Moore, 655 So.2d 1272, 1273 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995). Appellant does not set forth any exceptional circumstances which would warrant this court permitting the lower tribunal to render a final order prior to this appeal being dismissed.
Appellant's appeal is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice.
BOOTH, KAHN and BROWNING, JJ., CONCUR.