Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1992

Karakadze v. Quinoa

Karakadze v. Quinoa
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided February 11, 1992 · Barkdull, Baskin, Schwartz
593 So. 2d 596; 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 1014; 1992 WL 21857 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Karakadze v. Quinoa

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Directly contrary to the ruling below, the officers and directors of a dissolved corporation are not ipso facto liable for an obligation of the corporation incurred prior to its dissolution. Compare § 607.271(5), Fla. Stat. (1989) (repealed 1990; current version at § 607.1430, Fla.Stat. (1991)); § 607.397, Fla.Stat. (1989) (repealed 1990; current version at § 607.0204, Fla.Stat. (1991)); Anderson v. Hillsborough Sheet Metal, Inc., 513 So.2d 1359 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987) (personal liability imposed for debt incurred after dissolution of corporation). The summary judgment upon review, which was based upon the opposite determination, is therefore reversed, and the cause is remanded with directions appropriately to consider the claim that the individual appellants are liable as distributees, or for violation of their duties as trustees of the assets of the dissolved corporation. See § 607.-301, Fla.Stat. (1989) (repealed 1990); Kyle v. Stewart, 360 F.2d 753 (5th Cir. 1966); Gould v. Brick, 358 F.2d 437 (5th Cir. 1966); Trueman Fertilizer Co. v. Allison, 81 So.2d 734 (Fla. 1955); Southern Life Ins. & Trust Co. v. Lanier, 5 Fla. 110 (1853).

Reversed and remanded with directions.

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