Opinion
No. 3D09-901.
December 23, 2009.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, William Thomas, Judge.
May, Meacham Davell, William C. Davell, and Christopher D. Barber, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.
Moore Lee, Stuart H. Sakwa, and Joshua M. Atlas, Ft. Lauderdale; Sutherland Asbill Brennan and Benjamin Sawyer, for appellee.
Leiby Stearns and Roberts and Robert S. Tanner, Sunrise, for Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter, Inc., as amicus curiae.
Before GERSTEN, SHEPHERD, and LAGOA, JJ.
Based on the first-to-perfect rule, see, e.g., Hollywood Lakes Country Club, Inc. v. Silver Waldman, P.A., 737 So.2d 1194 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), this cause is reversed, and remanded with instructions that the cause be transferred to the Broward County Circuit Court.
Reversed and remanded with instructions.