WILLIAM BEVINS AND SANDRA BEVINS, APPELLANTS,
v.
JOSE ANTUNA AND JUAN ANTUNA, ALLIED MARINE GROUP, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, SEAN FENNIMAN, AN INDIVIDUAL, AND DAVID GENNETT, AN INDIVIDUAL, APPELLEES

Fla. 4th DCA | 2011-09-07
Nos. 4D10-1250, 4D10-2511
DAMOORGIAN, CIKLIN and LEVINE, JJ., concur.
68 So. 3d 420 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2011) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

William Bevins and Sandra Bevins, the would-be sellers in a contract for the sale of a yacht, appeal a summary judgment order and subsequent amended final judgment awarding the would-be buyers, Jose Antuna and Juan Antuna, money damages consisting of $45,000 plus prejudgment interest. While we affirm the trial court’s summary judgment order in its entirety, we reverse the amended final judgment to the extent that it permits the Antunas to recover “the principal sum of $45,000” from the Bevins rather than from Allied Marine Group, Inc., which according to the summary judgment order served as the escrow agent in the transaction and continues to hold the funds. We agree, however, that the Antunas should recover from the Bevins the accrued prejudgment interest on their escrow deposit from the date the funds should have been returned to them. See Am. Linens, Inc. v. Venmall Int'l. Grp., 645 So.2d 1059, 1060 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). We affirm all remaining issues raised on appeal and cross-appeal without further discussion.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

DAMOORGIAN, CIKLIN and LEVINE, JJ., concur.


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