BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HOLLIS, APPELLANT,

v.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Lindon v. Dalton Hotel Corp. & Roy B. Dalton, Jr., 49 So. 3d 299 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010)
  …d party may only recover those damages that naturally flow from the breach and can reasonably be said to have been contemplated by the parties at the time that the contract was made. Mnemonics, 808 So. 2d at 1280; Scott v. Rolling Hills Place, Inc., 688 So. 2d 937, 940 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996). It is not necessary that the parties have contemplated the exact injury that occurred as long as the actual consequences “could have reasonably been expected to flow from the breach.” Mnemonics, 808 So. 2d at 1281. Relying…
• Mnemonics, Inc. v. MAX Davis Assocs., Inc., 808 So. 2d 1278 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)
  …s recoverable by a party injured by a breach of contract are those that naturally flow from the breach and can reasonably be said to have been contemplated by the parties at the time the contract was entered into. Scott v. Rolling Hills Place, Inc., 688 So. 2d 937 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996). Here, the evidence clearly demonstrated that Mnemonics entered into a contract with Max Davis to lease two copiers over a five-year period and that Max Davis agreed to service and maintain those copiers. After Max Davis failed…
• Sharrard v. Ligon, 892 So. 2d 1092 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004)
  …to section 713.31(2)(a), a claim of lien that overstates the amount claimed is not fraudulent unless the exaggeration was made “willfully.” See Vinci Dev. Co. v. Connell, 509 So. 2d 1128, 1132 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987); Scott v. Rolling Hills Place, Inc., 688 So. 2d 937, 939 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996). A lienor’s consultation with counsel prior to filing a claim of lien tends to establish that the lienor acted in good faith. Therefore, in determining whether a lienor has willfully exaggerated the amount stated to be due i…

Authorities Cited

• Joiner v. State, 618 So. 2d 174 (Fla. 1993)
• Storey v. State, 153 Fla. 185 (Fla. 1943)