UTE ELISABETH STORK, APPELLANT,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, DIVISION OF REAL ESTATE, APPELLEE

Citator

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• Vera de Sousa for Vag Land Tr. 1 v. JP Morgan Chase, N.A., 170 So. 3d 928 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015)
  …tion to, and in recognition of, the propriety of the main proceeding, unless otherwise ordered by the court in its discretion.” The ability to intervene is a permissive right granted in the trial court’s discretion. See Hausmann ex rel. Doe v. L.M., 806 So. 2d 511, 513 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). It has been established that inferior interests, such as Appellant’s in the instant case, do not support intervention. See Greenwald v. Graham, 100 Fla. 818, 130 So. 608, 611 (1930) (“[A] purchaser pendente lite is bound by…
• Barnhill v. In re Florida Microsoft Antitrust Litigation, 905 So. 2d 195 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005)
  …rt’s approval of the settlement.1 The Barnhill Objectors, however, did move to intervene, and the lower court denied their motion.2 The standard of review of an order on a motion to intervene is abuse of discretion. See Hausmann ex rel Doe v. L.M., 806 So. 2d 511, 513 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). A person is entitled to intervene when his interest in the matter in litigation is “of such a direct and immediate character that the intervenor will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgm…
• Harbor Specialty Ins. Co. v. Schwartz, 932 So. 2d 383 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006)
  …ther relevant circumstance.” Id. at 507-08. This court reviews an order denying a motion to intervene for an abuse of discretion. Barnhill v. Fla. Microsoft Anti-Trust Litigation, 905 So. 2d 195, 199 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005); Hausmann ex rel. Doe v. L.M., 806 So. 2d 511, 513 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). It is well settled that an insurance company’s interest in protecting its [*387] subrogation rights is sufficient to justify intervention in its insured’s tort litigation. Carlisle, 593 So. 2d 505; Provident Life & Acciden…

Authorities Cited

• Fla. Real Est. Comm'n & Casimir Szpak v. Webb, 367 So. 2d 201 (Fla. 1978)