{"id":221,"date":"2015-09-05T18:26:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T18:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inlawwetrust.com\/?p=221"},"modified":"2015-09-05T18:26:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T18:26:06","slug":"recent-decisions-in-business-litigation-and-real-estate-law-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/recent-decisions-in-business-litigation-and-real-estate-law-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Decisions in Business Litigation and Real Estate Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, cases of interest to the business litigation and real estate litigation communities were ruled upon. Below are the case styles and their main decree:<\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>In re Amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.210, — So.3d —-, 2015 WL 5036335 (Fla. 2015).<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The page limitations for appeals in certain types of cases are revised.<\/p>\n

In re Amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.210, — So.3d —-, 2015 WL 5036340 (Fla. 2015).<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rule is revised to state that briefs filed in paper format must be unstapled.<\/p>\n

A & A Elec. Services, Inc. v. Jurado, — So.3d —-, 2015 WL 5023126 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015).<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The party seeking to prove the existence of a joint venture must prove that “(1) a community of interest in the performance of the common purpose, (2) joint control or right of control, (3) a joint proprietary interest in the subject matter, (4) a right to share in the profits[,] and (5) a duty to share in any losses.”\u00a0 A single letter from one shareholder of purported joint venturer to the sole shareholder of the other purported joint venture does not establish an agreement to enter into the joint venture.<\/p>\n

Ball v. Genesis Outsourcing Solutions, LLC, — So.3d —-, 2015 WL 5023447 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015).<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

An order granting summary judgment is not an appealable order. A final judgment granting summary judgment should read along the lines of “. .\u00a0 . [t]he motion for summary judgment is granted. Final judgment is entered as follows. The plaintiff [name and address] shall recover from defendant [name and address] the sum of $ … that shall bear interest at the rate of … % per year for which let execution issue. The court reserves jurisdiction to consider a timely motion to tax costs and attorney’s fees.” Likewise, a final summary judgment in favor of a defendants should read along the lines of. . \u00a0“‘[t]he motion for summary judgment is granted. Final judgment is entered for defendant [name] and against plaintiff [name]. The court reserves jurisdiction to consider a timely motion to tax costs and attorney’s fees.” \u00a0The traditional phrase of finality for a defendant is \u00a0“plaintiff shall take nothing by this action and defendant shall go hence without day.”<\/p>\n

Fiorito v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, Nat. Ass’n, — So.3d —-, 2015 WL 5026181 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).<\/a><\/p>\n

A lender at trial need only present competent, substantial evidence of its standing at time of filing suit; a bank employee’s testimony that the lender owned the note at time if filing suit is sufficient. If standing derives from an indorsement on the note, the lender must prove the indorsement was placed on the note prior to filing suit.<\/p>\n

Donovan Marine, Inc. v. Delmonico, — So.3d —-, 2015 WL 5026795 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).<\/a><\/p>\n

A trial court must make factual findings regarding attorneys’ fees hours not awarded.<\/p>\n

DG Sports Agency, LLC v. First Round Management, LLC, — So.3d —-, 2015 WL 5027508 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).<\/a><\/p>\n

Upon request by the plaintiff, a trial court must enter a directed verdict against those defendants the court has previously defaulted.<\/p>\n

Nationstar Mortg., LLC v. Brown, — So.3d —-, 2015 WL 4999017 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).<\/a><\/p>\n

Dismissal of a mortgage foreclosure suit without prejudice does not continue the running of the statute of limitations; conflict certified with\u00a0Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas v. Beauvais<\/em>, 40 Fla. L. Weekly D1, 2014 WL 7156961 (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 17, 2014).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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