Opinion
No. 3D21-1236
07-13-2022
ALVAREZ FELTMAN & DA SILVA, P.L., n/k/a Alvarez, Feltman, Da Silva & Costa, P.L., Appellant, v. BIG PINE GAS & FOOD, INC., Appellee.
Alvarez, Feltman, Da Silva & Costa, P.L., and Paul B. Feltman, for appellant. Davis Goldman, PLLC, and Jason N. Goldman and Maidenly Macaluso, for appellee.
Alvarez, Feltman, Da Silva & Costa, P.L., and Paul B. Feltman, for appellant.
Davis Goldman, PLLC, and Jason N. Goldman and Maidenly Macaluso, for appellee.
Before EMAS, HENDON and BOKOR, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Destin Pointe Owners’ Ass'n, Inc. v. Destin Parcel 160, LLC, 276 So. 3d 490, 491 n.2 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019) (explaining that on summary judgment, an appellate court is obligated to "affirm a trial court that ‘reaches the right result, but for the wrong reasons’ if there is ‘support for the alternative theory or principle of law in the record before the trial court’ ") (quoting Shands Teaching Hosp. & Clinics, Inc. v. Mercury Ins. Co. of Fla., 97 So. 3d 204, 212 (Fla. 2012) ); State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. M & E Diagnostic Servs., Inc., 327 So. 3d 363, 365 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) (noting that speculation, surmise, and conjecture are legally insufficient to create a disputed issue of fact in opposition to a motion for summary judgment); see also Rosenberg v. Levin, 409 So. 2d 1016, 1021 (Fla. 1982) (adopting the modified quantum meruit rule which limits recovery to the maximum amount of the contract fee in all premature discharge cases involving fixed and contingency employment contracts); Brickell Place Condo. Ass'n, Inc. v. Joseph H. Ganguzza & Assocs., P.A., 31 So. 3d 287, 290 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010) (same).