RUTH PEREZ, APPELLANT,

v.

SHERRIE D. BYRD, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• First Union Nat'l Bank v. Turney, 824 So. 2d 172 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)
  …2d 144 (1987). The United States Supreme Court’s interpretation of Rule 104(a) is persuasive authority as to the proper interpretation of section 90.105(1). See Ellis v. State, 622 So. 2d 991, 997 (Fla.1993); Whigum v. Heilig-Meyers Furniture, Inc., 682 So. 2d 643, 646-47 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). . An analogy does exist between trust counsel's situation and that of a lawyer representing multiple parties with shared interests. See Restatement (Third) of Law Governing Lawyers § 75(1) & (2) (1998).("(1) If two or m…
• Equity Residential Props. Tr. v. Yates, 910 So. 2d 401 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
  …))) (emphasis in original). The bulk of authority on the issue holds that actions to collect debts are not compulsory counterclaims to actions predicated on the violation of consumer protection type laws. Cf. Whigum v. Heilig-Meyers Furniture, Inc., 682 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996) (holding that an action to collect debt for the purchase of consumer goods is not a compulsory counterclaim to an action under the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act); Maddox v. Ky. Fin. Co., 736 F. 2d 380 (6th Cir.1984) (…
• Nenyé Egwuatu v. S. Lubes, Inc., 976 So. 2d 50 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008)
  …was not a tax. The plaintiff seeks review of this order by appeal. This court has jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a nonfinal order denying a motion for class certification. See Fla.R.App. P. 9.130(a)(6); Whigum v. Heilig-Meyers Furniture, Inc., 682 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). Trial courts have discretion to determine whether a cause of action by an individual plaintiff can be asserted on behalf of a class of plaintiffs. See Execu-Tech Bus. Sys., Inc. v. Appleton Papers, 743 So. 2d 19 (Fla. 4th DCA 19…

Authorities Cited

• Spanagel v. Love, 585 So. 2d 317 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991)