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Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2000

Simpson v. United Welding Services, Inc.

Simpson v. United Welding Services, Inc.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 1, 2000 · Davis, Nortwick, Wolf
765 So. 2d 307; 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 11214; 2000 WL 1232919 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Gary J. Anton and Stephen L. Spector of Stowell, Anton & Kraemer, Tallahassee, and W. Dexter Douglass of Douglass, Cooper, Coppins, Tallahassee, for the Appellant., Gregory Stuart Parker of Smith, Smith & Parker, Perry, and Michael F. Coppins of Cooper, Coppins & Monroe, Tallahassee, for the Appellee.

Simpson v. United Welding Services, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Having considered the appellant’s response to the Court’s order dated July 17, 2000, the appeal is hereby dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The appellant’s counterclaims involve the same transaction as the complaint; as such, they are compulsory. Compulsory counterclaims are not ap-pealable until final disposition of the complaint. See Campbell v. Gordon, 674 So.2d 783, 785 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996).

WOLF, DAVIS, and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., CONCUR.

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