Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2024

Charles J. Grapski v. City of Altamonte Springs, Florida, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Altamonte Springs, Florida, LLC, Jill Jordan, Jeffrey Garner, and Charles E. Grapski

Charles J. Grapski v. City of Altamonte Springs, Florida, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Altamonte Springs, Florida, LLC, Jill Jordan, Jeffrey Garner, and Charles E. Grapski
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 23, 2024

Charles J. Grapski v. City of Altamonte Springs, Florida, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Altamonte Springs, Florida, LLC, Jill Jordan, Jeffrey Garner, and Charles E. Grapski

Opinion

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2023-2504 LT Case No. 2019-CA-002279 _____________________________ CHARLES J. GRAPSKI, Appellant, v. CITY OF ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, ENCOMPASS HEALTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL of ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, LLC, JILL JORDAN, JEFFREY GARNER, and CHARLES E.

GRAPSKI, Appellees. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Seminole County.

Jessica J. Recksiedler, Judge.

Randy B. Lanigan, of Lanigan & Lanigan, PL, Winter Park, for Appellant.

Patricia M. Rego Chapman, of Dean, Ringers, Morgan & Lawton, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees, City of Altamonte Springs and Jeffrey Garner.

No Appearance for Remaining Appellees.

August 23, 2024 PER CURIAM.

Charles J. Grapski appeals two orders of dismissal. The order rendered July 12, 2023, dismissed all remaining claims against the City of Altamonte Springs. We have jurisdiction, see Fla. R. App. P. 9.110(k), and affirm.

The order rendered June 26, 2023, granted in part and denied in part Jeffery Garner’s motion to dismiss. Because the issue raised on appeal overlaps and is interrelated with other pending claims, we dismiss the appeal of order rendered June 26, 2023, as premature. See Pohlman v. Aqua Condo. Devs., Ltd., 992 So. 2d 288, 289 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008).1 AFFIRMED in part; DISMISSED in part.

LAMBERT, KILBANE, and MACIVER, JJ., concur.

1 Although jurisdiction was not raised by either party, “we have an independent duty to determine whether we have appellate jurisdiction.” Coast to Coast Process Piping, LLC v. Liquid Consulting, Inc., 357 So. 3d 1238, 1239 n.1 (Fla. 5th DCA 2022) (quoting Almacenes El Globo De Quito, S.A. v. Dalbeta L.C., 181 So. 3d 559, 561 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015)).

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

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