RICHARD B. SOUVIRON, APPELLANT,

v.

NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Gries Inv. Co. v. Chelton, 388 So. 2d 1281 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)
  …the complaint was dismissed with prejudice. A dismissal need not be with prejudice to be a final order for appeal purposes. See, e. g., Tapper v. Taunton, 371 So. 2d 595 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979); National Carloading Corp. v. Gemini Transportation, Inc., 364 So. 2d 504 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978). While the dismissal here was, in fact, an adjudication on the merits, see Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(b),5 that fact, although critical on the issue of res judicata, is not critical on the issue of appealability. Thus,…
• Millsaps v. Orlando Wrecker, Inc., 634 So. 2d 680 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994)
  …on the merits and the statute of limitations has not yet run at the time of dismissal, the dismissal should not be with prejudice. Wemett v. Duval County, 485 So. 2d 892 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); National Carloading Corp. v. Gemini Transportation, Inc., 364 So. 2d 504 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978). An order dismissing a cause for lack of an indispensable party is not an adjudication on the merits. In re C.T.D., 623 So. 2d 834, 834 n 1, (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); Fulmer v. Northern Central Bank, 386 So. 2d 856 (Fla. 2d DCA 1980),…
• Banco del Comercio v. Barco, 386 So. 2d 1298 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)
  …20 A. 2d 170 (Me.1966); Anno. 19 A.L.R.2d 301, 317, § 5. However, we modify it by this opinion to make the dismissal without prejudice. Rashard v. Cappiali, 171 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 3d DCA 1965); National Carloading Corp. v. Gemini Transportation, Inc., 364 So. 2d 504 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978). Affirmed as modified.…

Authorities Cited

• Al Haenal v. United States Fid. & Guar. Co. of Baltimore, 88 So. 2d 888 (Fla. 1956)
• Gen. Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 260 So. 2d 249 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972)
• Earlie Brown v. Gulf Life Ins. Co., 343 So. 2d 91 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977)
• United States Fid. & Guar. Co. v. Hazen, 346 So. 2d 632 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977)