CHRISTIAN EVERETT, APPELLANT,

v.

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, A FLORIDA CORPORATION, NOT FOR PROFIT, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Scudder v. Greenbrier C. Condo. Ass'n, Inc., 663 So. 2d 1362 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995)
  …uing a statute or a declaration of condominium, words of common usage should be construed in their plain and ordinary sense. Koplowitz v. Imperial Towers Condominium, Inc., 478 So. 2d 504 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985); Martin v. Ocean Reef Villas Ass’n, Inc., 547 So. 2d 1237 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989), rev. denied, 557 So. 2d 35 (Fla.1990). If the previously provided transportation service needed to be assessed as a common expense, there would be no need for the legislature to distinguish between services continuously provided…

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• Bankers Sec. Ins. Co. v. Brady, 765 So. 2d 870 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000)
  …ory language should be given its plain and ordinary meaning. Williams v. Ergle, 698 So. 2d 1294 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997); Kelder v. ACT Corp., 650 So. 2d 647 (Fla. 5th DCA), rev. denied, 660 So. 2d 713 (Fla.1995); Martin v. Ocean Reef Villas Ass’n, Inc., 547 So. 2d 1237 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989), rev. denied, 557 So. 2d 35 (Fla.1990). AFFIRMED. THOMPSON, C.J., and GRIFFIN, J., concur. . § 627.701, Fla. Stat.…
• Lenzi v. The Regency Tower Ass'n, Inc., 250 So. 3d 103 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018)
  …declaration of condominium, words of common usage should be construed in their plain and ordinary sense.” Schmidt v. Sherrill, 442 So. 2d 963, 965 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983). A similar issue was addressed in Martin v. Ocean Reef Villas Association, Inc., 547 So. 2d 1237 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989). There, the homeowner plaintiffs requested the appellate court “to construe the word ‘mortgage’ to mean only a purchase money mortgage.” Id. at 1238. The court refused to do so, stating “[i]n construing a statute or a declarat…

Authorities Cited

• John and Janet Valsecchi v. Proprietors Ins. Co., 502 So. 2d 1310 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987)
• Everett v. Univ. OF Miami, 526 So. 2d 1055 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)
• Atkins v. State, 526 So. 2d 1055 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)