CONESCO INDUSTRIES, LTD., APPELLANT,
v.
SOUTHERN STANDARD BUILDERS, INC., AND HAYNES AND MOUW, INC., APPELLEES

Fla. 4th DCA | 1986-06-11
No. 85-1253
WALDEN and STONE, JJ., concur.
489 So. 2d 875 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1986)

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Holding

A summary judgment is improper if there is a genuine issue of material fact regarding waiver or modification of an agreement.


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Conesco Industries appealed an adverse summary judgment granted in favor of Haynes and Mouw, Inc. The core dispute involved whether Haynes waived its …

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Opinion of the Court
GUNTHER, Judge.

[*876] GUNTHER, Judge.

Conesco Industries (“Conesco”) appeals from an adverse summary judgment entered in favor of Haynes and Mouw, Inc. (“Haynes”). We reverse.

It is well settled that a court may only enter a summary judgment where there is a complete absence of a genuine issue of material fact. Holl v. Talcott, 191 So. 2d 40 (Fla.1966). In this case, there is a genuine issue of material fact as to whether Haynes waived its rights or subsequently modified the agreement Haynes had with Southern to pay the debts of Southern.

We conclude that the summary judgment granted Haynes against Conesco was improper because Haynes failed to demonstrate the complete absence of genuine issues of material fact. Cf. Walter v. Mirabella, 367 So. 2d 704 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979) (summary judgment in favor of the appel-lee/seller on the issue of waiver improper despite appellant/purchaser’s apparent failure to comply with the terms on the face of the contract).

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

WALDEN and STONE, JJ., concur.


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