OSCAR TUOZA
v.
CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION
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An appeal from a non-final order that does not constitute an end to the judicial labor in the cause must be dismissed without prejudice.
[1] An order is not final and appealable if it does not constitute an end to the judicial labor in the cause and further proceedings remain to be conducted by the trial court…
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PER CURIAM.
We grant appellee’s motion and dismiss this appeal without prejudice as one taken from a non-final, non-appealable order. See Cicco v. Luckett Tobaccos, Inc.,
934 So. 2d 560, 561 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) (“We have long adhered to the rule that piecemeal appeals will not be permitted where claims are interrelated and involve the same transaction and the same parties remain in the suit.”); S.L.T. Warehouse
Co. v. Webb, 304 So. 2d 97, 99 (Fla. 1974) (“Generally, the test employed by the appellate court to determine finality of an order, judgment or decree is whether the order in question constitutes an end to the judicial labor in the cause, and nothing further remains to be done by the court to effectuate a termination of the cause as between the parties directly affected.”).
Appeal dismissed.
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