SAFEPOINT INSURANCE COMPANY
v.
WALTER SCHMITZ

Fla. 5th DCA | 2019-02-22
No. 18-2054
Roberts, J., Evander, C.J., Lambert, J., Eisnaugle, J.
264 So. 3d 1142 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2019)

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Holding

A nonfinal order that merely stays an underlying action is not an appealable order and does not confer jurisdiction on the appellate court.


Headnotes

[1] An order staying a proceeding is not an appealable nonfinal order and does not confer jurisdiction on an appellate court to hear an appeal.

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Facts & Procedural History

SafePoint Insurance Company appealed a nonfinal order from the Circuit Court for Brevard County. The appellant characterized the order as granting inj…

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Opinion of the Court
Dismissed. Evander

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

SAFEPOINT INSURANCE COMPANY,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D18-2054

WALTER SCHMITZ,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed February 22, 2019

Nonfinal Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Charles J. Roberts, Judge.

Mihaela Cabulea, Curt Allen, and Anthony

J. Russo, of Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig,

LLP, Tampa, for Appellant.

Matthew G. Struble and Christine M. Deis, of Struble, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Having concluded, after full briefing, that the nonfinal order under review effectively is an order briefly staying the underlying action and not, as argued by Appellant, one granting injunctive relief, we dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See Dep’t of Child. & Fams. v. L.D., 840 So. 2d 432, 434 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003) (recognizing that an order staying a proceeding is not an appealable nonfinal order (citing Perry v. Fireman’s Fund

Appeal dismissed without prejudice to either party addressing the merits of the order in a final appeal.

DISMISSED.

EVANDER, C.J., LAMBERT and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.

Footnotes
2 Ins. Co., 379 So. 2d 429, 429 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980))). We also decline to sua sponte grant certiorari relief.

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