GLENN GALLOW, ARLENE GALLOW AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLANTS,

v.

CLEO MCKNIGHT, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Blosam Contractors, Inc. v. Joyce, 451 So. 2d 545 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984)
  …erials, or supplies for the prosecution of the work. In order to resolve ambiguities in section 255.05, the courts have looked to the Mechanics’ Lien Law and the Miller Act, 40 U.S.C. 270a et seq., for guidance. See Miller v. Knob Construction Co., 368 So. 2d 891 (Fla. 2d DCA), cert. denied, 378 So. 2d 346 (Fla.1979). However, reliance on the Mechanics’ Lien Law and/or the Miller Act as interpretive aids of section 255.05 is not always necessary nor is it mandated by the statute. See generally Winchester v.…
• Harvesters Grp., Inc. v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 527 So. 2d 257 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)
  …uing provisions of The Miller Act, 40 U.S.C.A. § 270a et seq. (1986), which are similar to section 255.05. E.g., Gorman Co. of Ft Lauderdale, Inc. v. Frank Mato Gen. Contractors, Inc., 438 So. 2d 1018 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); Miller v. Knob Constr. Co., 368 So. 2d 891 (Fla. 2d DCA), cert. denied, 378 So. 2d 346 (Fla.1979); Winchester v. Florida Elec. Supply, 134 So. 2d 826 (Fla. 2d DCA 1961); Board of Pub. Instruction v. Rood Constr. Co., 166 So. 2d 701 (Fla. 3d DCA 1964). Cf. Coastal Caisson Drill Co. v. America…

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• Aquatic Plant Mgmt., Inc. v. Paramount Eng'g, Inc., 977 So. 2d 600 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
  …public projects with the same type of protection available to them on [*604] private construction projects under the mechanics’ lien law. Palm Beach County v. Trinity Indus., Inc., 661 So. 2d 942, 944 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995); Miller v. Knob Constr. Co., 368 So. 2d 891, 892-93 (Fla. 2d DCA 1979). The statute is also considered “ ‘remedial in nature and therefore, entitled to a liberal construction’ ” to fulfill its intended purpose. Runyon Enters., Inc. v. S.T. Wicole Constr. Corp. of Fla., Inc., 677 So. 2d 909, 9…

Authorities Cited

• Shields v. Belen Morales del Rosario, 303 So. 2d 355 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974)
• Lessie Mae Gilbert v. Division OF Beverage, 315 So. 2d 97 (Fla. 1975)
• Avelino Rodriguez v. Hoover Aircraft Prods. Co., 315 So. 2d 97 (Fla. 1975)