THE HAWAIIAN INN OF DAYTONA BEACH INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, PETITIONER,
v.
SNEAD CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, A FLORIDA CORPORATION ET AL., RESPONDENTS
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The Hawaiian Inn seeks a writ of common law certiorari to overturn a trial court order denying leave to file a second amended complaint. The appellate court denies the petition, holding that common law certiorari is not an appropriate remedy for ordinary reversible errors in trial court orders, and that appeal after final judgment provides an adequate remedy.
Common law certiorari is not available to challenge an order denying leave to amend because such orders are not reviewable by appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3), but the remedy of appeal after final judgment is an adequate remedy for any reversible error in the trial court's decision. Common law certiorari is available only when the lower court acts without jurisdiction, the order permits irreparable injury, or the order constitutes a departure from essential requirements of law.
[1] Common law certiorari is an extraordinary remedy available only when a lower court acts without jurisdiction, when its order will cause irreparable injury, or when the or…
[2] An appeal after final judgment is generally considered an adequate remedy for ordinary reversible error, even if no immediate appeal from a non-final order is available.
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COWART, Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of common law certiorari to “reverse” an interlocutory order of the trial court denying petitioner’s motion for leave to file a second amended complaint. The petitioner argues extensively that the trial court should permit the desired leave to amend under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.190(a) and case law. Petitioner may be correct in its arguments but that is not the point here.
Common law certiorari is a remedy when the lower court is acting without jurisdiction or its order will itself constitute or permit irreparable injury or such order constitutes a departure from the essential requirements of law.1 Even in those cases, the reviewing court, traditionally and correctly, can only quash the offending order and cannot direct action in the trial court. The existence of some other present and adequate remedy, such as appeal, may prevent injury from being legally irreparable and thereby preclude common law certiorari but this does not mean that certiorari is available merely because no immediate remedy by appeal from a non-final order is available. An appeal after judgment is an adequate remedy for an ordinary reversible error for which no appeal is provided in Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3), which lists several types of non-final orders reviewable by appeal. Orders denying leave to amend are not included.
In this case the circuit court has jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter; its hearing, decision and order denying leave to amend comport with procedural due process and, therefore, do not depart from those essential requirements of law. If the order is erroneous, it can be corrected on plenary appeal. The possibility that the trial court is committing reversible error by denying leave to amend and that this case might ultimately be reversed for a new trial for that reason, with the resulting waste of time and money, exists in all cases and does not mean that an appeal after final judgment is “inadequate.” 2 Appellate courts should interfere with the trial judge’s conduct of a case before judgment to a minimum extent to prevent harassment and delay in the orderly administration of justice. Certiorari is an extra-ordinary remedy and is not a writ of expediency and should not be used to circumvent the rule authorizing appeal from only a few non-final orders.3 The petition for certiorari is
DENIED.
COBB and SHARP, JJ., concur. . See Dairyland Insurance Company v. McKenzie, 251 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 1st DCA 1971).
. See Bowl America Florida, Inc. v. Schmidt, 386 So. 2d 1203 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980); Professional Medical Specialties, Inc. v. Renfroe, 362 So. 2d 397 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978); Ford Motor Company v. Nelson, 355 So. 2d 158 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978); Whiteside v. Johnson, 351 So. 2d 759 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977); and Wright v. Sterling Drugs, Inc., 287 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973); Haddad, Certiorari in Florida, 29 U.Fla.L.Rev. 207, 223 n. 126 (1977).
.Scheuer v. Wille, 370 So. 2d 1166 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979).
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Martin-Johnson, Inc. v. Savage, 509 So. 2d 1097 (Fla. 1987)…ize, first of all, that common law certiorari is an extraordinary remedy and should not be used to circumvent the interlocutory appeal rule which authorizes appeal from only a few types of non-final orders.2 Hawaiian Inn v. Snead Construction Corp., 393 So. 2d 1201 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981); Ford Motor Co. v. Edwards, 363 So. 2d 867 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978). Generally, all other appellate review is postponed until the matter is concluded in the trial court. As the Advisory Committee note to the 1977 Revision of the Flori…
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Paine v. Lucas, 411 So. 2d 1369 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982)…the appellate rules by construing certiorari review to apply to orders that do not fall within the traditional framework of that extraordinary remedy. . Fla.R.App.P. 9.130; see, e.g., Hawaiian Inn of Daytona Beach, Inc. v. Snead Construction Corp., 393 So. 2d 1201 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981) (order denying motion for leave to file second amended complaint); Bowl America Florida, Inc. v. Schmidt, 386 So. 2d 1203 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980) (order denying the defendant’s motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute); Professiona…
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Cate v. Oldham, 450 So. 2d 224 (Fla. 1984)…petition for writ of certiorari in Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal from the denial of their motion to dismiss. The district court of appeal denied interlocutory relief citing Hawaiian Inn of Daytona Beach, Inc. v. Snead Construction Corp., 393 So. 2d 1201 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). In the same order the district court of appeal denied petitioners’ motion to certify the issue to this Court. In conjunction with the petition for in-junctive and declaratory relief in the federal court the petitioners requeste…
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- Wright v. Sterling Drugs, Inc., 287 So. 2d 376 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973)
- Whiteside v. Johnson, 351 So. 2d 759 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977)
- Bowl Am. Fla., Inc. v. Schmidt, 386 So. 2d 1203 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980)
- Dairyland Ins. Co. v. McKENZIE, 251 So. 2d 887 (Fla. 1st DCA 1971)
- Prof'l Med. Specialties, Inc. v. Renfroe, 362 So. 2d 397 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978)
- Ford Motor Co. v. Nelson, 355 So. 2d 158 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978)
- Scheuer v. Wille, 370 So. 2d 1166 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979)