Merrill Lynch Realty, Inc. v. Bende

Full title: MERRILL LYNCH REALTY, INC., APPELLANT, v. MICHAEL BENDE AND DINO M. GALLO…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Aug 29, 1990

566 So. 2d 335 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 90-0066.

August 29, 1990.

Appeal of a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County; Richard L. Oftedal, Judge.

Philip M. Burlington of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Grant W. Kehres, Boca Raton, for appellant.

Rod Tennyson of Rod Tennyson, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee-Dino M. Gallo.

No brief filed by appellee-Michael Bende.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

DELL and POLEN, JJ., concur.

WARNER, J., dissents with opinion.

WARNER, Judge, dissents with opinion.

I would hold this order determining liability for attorneys fees but not determining the amount is a non-final, nonappealable order. Southern Management and Inv. Corp. v. Escandar, 529 So.2d 355 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); Scutti v. Daniel E. Adache Associates Architects, P.A., 480 So.2d 718 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986).