FELICITAS SANCHEZ, APPELLANT,
v.
MERCY HOSPITAL, ETC., ET AL., APPELLEES
PER CURIAM.
Orderly pleading requires that the order dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint with prejudice be reversed because affirmative defenses to a claim for relief, not apparent on the face of the complaint, must be pled in an answer. Roehner v. Atlantic Coast Development Corporation, 356 So. 2d 1296 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978); Poulos v. Vordermeir, 327 So. 2d 245 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976); Government Employees Insurance Company v. Wheelus, 319 So. 2d 181 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). Only affirmative defenses appearing on the face of a prior pleading may be asserted in a motion to dismiss. Fla.R. Civ.P. 1.110(d); Kansas City Mortgage Company v. Burgess, 306 So. 2d 161 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975); Stern v. First National Bank of South Miami, 275 So. 2d 58 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973).
Reversed and remanded.
Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus
Citator
Authorities Cited
- Gustav A. Stern v. First Nat'l Bank OF S. Miami, 275 So. 2d 58 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973)
- Poulos v. Vordermeier, 327 So. 2d 245 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976)
- Roehner v. Atl. Coast Dev. Corp., 356 So. 2d 1296 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978)
- Douglas v. State, 319 So. 2d 181 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975)
- Holiday Plaza Inv. Corp. v. Clark, 306 So. 2d 161 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975)