RONALD GENE MITCHELL, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Monticello Ins. Co. v. Thompson, 743 So. 2d 1215 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999)
  …include specific “language of finality” necessary for a judgment of this type to be considered “final” for purposes of an appeal. See Catchings v. Florida-McCracken Concrete Pipe, 101 Fla. 792, 135 So. 561, 562 (1931); Allstate Ins. Co. v. Collier, 405 So. 2d 311, 312 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981)(order which provided that “Defendant’s motion for final summary judgment is hereby granted that the plaintiff take nothing by the suit and go hence without day” was final, appealable order; use of additional language “len[t]…
• Hoffman v. Hall, 817 So. 2d 1057 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002)
  …ords “with prejudice”). However, the use of such phrases does signal a final adjudication of the cause as between the parties. To be appealable as a final order, an order must contain unequivocal language of finality. Allstate Ins. Co. v. Collier, 405 So. 2d 311, 312 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981)(order which provided that “Defendant’s motion for final summary judgment is hereby granted that the plaintiff take nothing by this suit and go hence without day” was final, appealable order; use of additional language “len[t…
• City OF Tallahassee v. BIG Bend PBA and Tom Maureau, 703 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997)
  …, if an order confirming a final arbitration award does not contain additional words of finality sufficient to show an end to judicial labor and reflect that it is a “judgment,” it is not an appealable, final order. Cf. Allstate Ins. Co. v. Collier, 405 So. 2d 311 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981)(order which provided that “Defendant’s motion for final summary judgment is hereby granted that the plaintiff take nothing by the suit and go hence without day” was final, appealable order; use of additional language “lends the n…