EARL T. SHANNON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF STARR T. SHANNON, DECEASED, JOHN J. SHANNON, INDIVIDUALLY, PAUL T. SHANNON, INDIVIDUALLY, MARK R. SHANNON, INDIVIDUALLY, AND FOUR STARR GROUP, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, APPELLANTS,
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H & R HYDRO-PULL, INC., D/B/A H & R POWER SYSTEMS, A FLORIDA CORPORATION, APPELLEES
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The court held that the final judgment was ambiguous regarding double recovery and that the lien foreclosure action was timely filed. It also found prejudgment interest and attorney's fees were waived.
H & R Hydro-Pull, Inc. sought to foreclose a lien against Earl Shannon and the estate of Starr T. Shannon. The trial court granted summary judgment fo…
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We agree with appellant Earl Shannon that the final judgment is ambiguous in that it appears to create a double recovery from both Earl Shannon, individually and the estate of his mother, Starr T. Shannon. Appellee H <& R Hydro-Pull, Inc. is entitled to recover a total of $17,043.54 in principal jointly from Earl Shannon, individually, and Starr T. Shannon’s estate. H & R cannot recover the same damages twice. We remand that portion of the final judgment to clarify that Earl Shannon, individually and Earl Shannon, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Starr T. Shannon, are jointly liable for $17,043.54.
We reverse the order granting summary final judgment to the defendants on H & R’s lien foreclosure action. The claim of lien was recorded October 1, 2008. The trial court granted summary judgment on the ground that the lien was not filed .within 90 days of H & R’s final furnishing of labor, services, or materials. See § 713.08(5), Fla. Stat, (2008). The facts on summary judgment are viewed in the light most favorable >to the non-moving party. Viewed under this standard, H & R did not complete performance of the contract until it submitted all documentation required by the Town of Davie in August or September, 2008. Using either date, the lien was timely recorded.
On the issues of prejudgment interest and attorney’s fees against the estate, it does not appear that, apart from ple'ading for these things, H & R filed a motion seeking, those items in the circuit court. Thus it waived its entitlement to these items. See Tribeca Lending Corp. v. Real Estate Depot, Inc., 42 So.3d 258, 264 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010) (claim for prejudgment interest was waived when raised for the first time on appeal).
We have considered the other' issues raised on appeal‘and find them to be without legal merit.
Affirmed in pari; reversed in part and remanded.
Gross, Ciklin and Klingensmith, JJ., concur.
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