Sears Termite & Pest Control, Inc. v. Arnold

Florida District Courts of Appeal
Sears Termite & Pest Control, Inc. v. Arnold, 743 So. 2d 597 (1999)
1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 13164; 1999 WL 790846
Barfield, Davis, Kahn

Sears Termite & Pest Control, Inc. v. Arnold

Opinion of the Court

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

PER CURIAM.

Appellant’s motion for rehearing is granted and this court’s opinion of July 9, 1999, is withdrawn.

*598On March 17, 1999, the trial court entered an order which dismissed the complaint of plaintiff Sears with prejudice as to defendants Arnold and Atchey, and without prejudice to plaintiffs right to amend its complaint as to defendant Diamond Pest Control. Appellant/plaintiff has appealed that order. However, previously the trial court had denied a request for temporary injunction and the plaintiff appealed that order in this court’s Case No. 98-4715. The nonfinal appeal was pending before this court at the time the order here on appeal was entered. The trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter the partial final judgment of March 17, 1999. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.110(k) and 9.130(f). The order of March 17, 1999, is hereby quashed as having been entered by the trial court in the absence of jurisdiction and as the order here on appeal therefore no longer in effect, this appeal is dismissed.

DISMISSED.

BARFIELD, C.J., KAHN and DAVIS, JJ., CONCUR.

Reference

Full Case Name
SEARS TERMITE AND PEST CONTROL, INC. v. David ARNOLD, individually and d/b/a Diamond Termite & Pest Control and Gary Atchey, individually and as agent for Diamond Termite & Pest Control
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Status
Published