TRAVELERS V. DYNALECTRIC

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 09-0901

Case Date: 12/23/2009

Preview:Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida, July Term, A.D. 2009
Opinion filed December 23, 2009. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D09-901 Lower Tribunal No. 08-43658 ________________

Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, et al.,
Appellants, vs.

Dynalectric Company,
Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, William Thomas, Judge. May, Meacham & Davell, William C. Davell, and Christopher D. Barber, for appellants. Moore & Lee, Stuart H. Sakwa, and Joshua M. Atlas; Sutherland Asbill & Brennan and Benjamin Sawyer, for appellee. Leiby Stearns and Roberts and Robert S. Tanner, for Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter, Inc., as amicus curiae. Before GERSTEN, SHEPHERD, and LAGOA, JJ. PER CURIAM.

Based on the first-to-perfect rule, see, e.g., Hollywood Lakes Country Club, Inc. v. Silver & Waldman, P.A., 737 So. 2d 1194 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999), this cause is reversed, and remanded with instructions that the cause be transferred to the Broward County Circuit Court. Reversed and remanded with instructions.

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