LUIS STABINSKI, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL PERSONS SIMILARLY SITUATED, APPELLANTS,
v.
PIRELLI TIRE CORPORATION, A FOREIGN CORPORATION, APPELLEE
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The court held that the dismissal of the class action and express warranty claims was proper, but the dismissal of other claims should not have been with prejudice, allowing the plaintiff to amend.
[1] A plaintiff is not within the scope of an express warranty if the warranty by its terms applies only to a specific use or type of product not utilized by the plaintiff.
[2] A trial court's dismissal of a class action complaint with prejudice is proper when the named plaintiff is not covered by the alleged express warranty.
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KEHOE, Judge.
Appellant, plaintiff below, brings this appeal from an order entered by the trial court dismissing with prejudice his class action complaint, as amended, seeking compensatory and punitive damages from appellee, defendant below, for the breach of express and implied warranties, negligence, strict liability, and fraudulent concealment involving his, and all other persons similarly situated, purchase of allegedly defective tires from appellee. We,affirm in part and reverse in part.
Appellant’s basic contention on appeal is that his amended complaint was legally sufficient and that its dismissal with prejudice was improper. In our opinion, that part of the trial' court’s order dismissing with prejudice appellant’s amended complaint as a class action and as an action for breach of express warranty was proper. The only express warranty involved in the pleadings in this cause shows, on its face, that it applies to the use of appellee’s tires on only American automobiles, not foreign cars such as the one used by appellant; therefore, appellant is not within any class or covered by any express warranty alleged or shown in the record. See Port Royal, Inc. v. Conboy, 154 So. 2d 734 (Fla. 2d DCA 1963); and Fla.R. Civ.P. 1.220. Accordingly, those portions of the trial court’s order dismissing with prejudice appellant’s amended complaint in regard to a class action and for breach of an express warranty are affirmed.
However, in regard to the other allegations in appellant’s amended complaint, we believe that it would serve the best interests of justice for him to be allowed to further amend his complaint to state any cause of action which he may have. See, e. g., Rice v. Walker, 359 So. 2d 891 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978). Accordingly, we affirm the remaining portions of the trial court’s order dismissing appellant’s amended complaint, except, other than as provided for above, that portion doing so with prejudice. The cause is remanded for further proceedings.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
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