CIGA-FRESHNA CORPORATION, APPELLANT,
v.
ALLAN A. KOZICH D/B/A ALLAN A. KOZICH & ASSOCIATES, AND THE ESTATE OF GAIL SALVINI, DECEASED, APPELLEES
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The court affirmed judgment for the defendant on the lien foreclosure claim based on ratification of the corporate secretary's contract, but reversed the dismissal of the plaintiff's cross-claim against the estate and remanded for further proceedings.
A corporation may be bound by its corporate secretary's contract with a service provider when the corporation ratifies the secretary's acts, and a cross-claim should not be dismissed without allowing the parties to be heard on its viability.
[1] A corporation may be bound by a contract entered into by its corporate secretary when the corporation ratifies the secretary's acts, even if the secretary lacked express…
[2] A trial court should not dismiss a cross-claim sua sponte without providing the parties an opportunity to be heard on the viability of the cause of action.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceCiga-Freshna Corporation engaged Kozich for professional design and engineering services related to the corporation's property. The corporate secretar…
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PER CURIAM.
This is a timely appeal from a final judgment in favor of appellee, Kozich, in a suit to foreclose a lien for professional design and engineering services performed relative to property owned by appellant, Ciga-Freshna. The judgment also sua sponte dismissed without prejudice the appellant’s cross-claim against appellee, The Estate of Gail Salvini.
We have carefully considered the record and argument of counsel and conclude that there is substantial competent evidence in the record to support a finding that appellant ratified the acts of Gail Salvini, the corporate secretary, in contracting with appellee.
Appellant’s cross-claim had been severed from the main claim for trial. Nevertheless, the judgment dismissed the cross-claim without prejudice, stating: “Based upon the record and pleadings it is now clear to the court that all crossclaims and third party claims are not appropriate matters to be litigated as part of this case.... ” We believe the cross-claim involved herein should be reinstated and the parties given an opportunity to be heard on the viability of the cause of action stated therein before dismissal of said claim.
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment for appellee against appellant on the main suit and reverse the dismissal of appellant’s cross-claim against The Estate of Gail Sal-vini and remand for further appropriate proceedings on the cross-claim.
DOWNEY and WALDEN, JJ., and McNULTY, JOSEPH P., Associate Judge, concur.
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