Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1987

Roca v. Republic National Bank of Miami

Roca v. Republic National Bank of Miami
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 8, 1987 · Barkdull, Hendry, Pearson
512 So. 2d 1044; 12 Fla. L. Weekly 2179; 1987 Fla. App. LEXIS 10163 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Roca v. Republic National Bank of Miami

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

On the appeal by Roca, as Director/Trustee of Cibeles Jewelry Group, Inc., a dissolved Florida corporation, we affirm the trial court’s orders striking his claims for conversion, civil theft, and punitive damages. On the cross-appeal by Republic National Bank from a final judgment for Roca on Cibeles’ contract claim, we reverse upon a holding that the trial court erred in excluding expert testimony proffered by the bank as to the custom and practice of the local banking industry, which testimony was intended to elucidate the meaning of the ambiguous language contained in the defendant’s Exhibit A, that is, Cibeles’ acceptance of “all responsibility for the issuance of this guaranty.”

Affirmed in part; reversed in part, and remanded.

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