DAVID ALDEN SHAW, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• The Real Est. Value Co., Inc. v. Carnival Corp., 92 So. 3d 255 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012)
  …, the intent of the parties to a written contract must be ascertained from the words used in the contract, without resort to extrinsic evidence.” Lee v. Montgomery, 624 So. 2d 850, 851 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993); Wheeler v. Wheeler, Erwin & Fountain, P.A., 964 So. 2d 745, 749 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007). The plain language of the TRIP$-Carnival Contract is susceptible only to a single interpretation — that it applies specifically to “TRIP$ Programs” using “TRIP$ certificates,” and not to the AARP discount programs. The TRI…
• Nationstar Mortg. Co. v. Levine, 216 So. 3d 711 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017)
  …ides that evidence outside the contract language “may be considered only when the contract language contains a latent ambiguity.” Duval Motors Co. [v. Rogers, 73 So. 3d 261, 265 (Fla 1st DCA 2011)] (citing Wheeler v. Wheeler, Erwin & Fountain, P.A., 964 So. 2d 745, 749 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007)).... Usually, a court may not resolve a patent ambiguity—an ambiguity appearing on the face [*716] of the document—by consideration of parol evidence. Mac-Gray Servs., Inc., 915 So. 2d at 659 (citing Crown Mgmt. Corp. v. Goo…
• Duval Motors Co. v. Rogers, 73 So. 3d 261 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011)
  …3d 348, 350 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009). As a general rule, evidence outside the contract language, which is known as parol evidence, may be considered only when the contract language contains a latent ambiguity.2 Wheeler v. Wheeler, Erwin & Fountain, P.A., 964 So. 2d 745, 749 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007); Jenkins v. Eckerd Corp., 913 So. 2d 43, 52-53 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). Parol evidence includes “a verbal agreement or other extrinsic evidence where such agreement was made before or at the time of the instrument in question.”…