GERALD KING, APPELLANT/CROSS-APPELLEE,
v.
GARY ODLE, APPELLEE/CROSS-APPELLANT

Fla. 4th DCA | 1996-01-03
No. 94-3631
Gunther, C.J., Warner, J., Pariente, J.
665 So. 2d 378 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1996) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

The court affirmed summary judgment on liability in favor of plaintiff Odle against defendant King, and dismissed Odle's cross-appeal challenging the denial of his motion to amend the complaint to add punitive damages because the order was not appealable.


Holding

Summary judgment on liability in favor of the plaintiff was proper, and the trial court's denial of the motion to amend the complaint to add punitive damages was not appealable at that stage.


Headnotes

[1] An order denying a motion to amend a complaint to add a punitive damages claim is not an appealable non-final order and cannot be reviewed on cross-appeal unless timely b…

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Facts & Procedural History

Plaintiff Gary Odle sued defendant Gerald King. The trial court granted summary judgment on liability in favor of Odle and denied Odle's motion to ame…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from summary judgment on liability in favor of plaintiff, Gary Odie, against defendant, Gerald King. Although brought as a final appeal, we have jurisdiction to consider it as a non-final order determining liability in favor of a party seeking affirmative relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(iv). Accordingly we redesignate this as a non-final appeal. Based on the issues presented in the briefs, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

The plaintiff also filed a cross-appeal from the order of the trial court denying his motion to amend his complaint to add a punitive damages claim. We do not have jurisdiction to consider the merits of this cross-appeal because this order is not an appealable non-final order. See Fla.R.App.P. 9.130; Webb Gen. Contracting, Inc. v. PDM Hydrostorage, Inc., 397 So. 2d 1058 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), cited in Gwen Fearing Real Estate, Inc. v. Wilson, 430 So. 2d 589 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983). Moreover, we cannot consider this under our certiorari jurisdiction because it was not brought in a timely fashion. See Fla.R.App.P. 9.100(f). Accordingly we dismiss the cross-appeal without prejudice to raising this issue at the time of any plenary appeal.

GUNTHER, C.J., and WARNER and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.


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