LESBAR ENTERPRISES, INC.
v.
CAREY BAKER, AS PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, DAVID JORDAN, AS TAX COLLECTOR FOR LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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A plaintiff who fails to move for leave to amend its complaint before appealing a dismissal with prejudice forfeits the right to challenge the prejudicial dismissal on appeal.
[1] A plaintiff who fails to move for leave to amend a complaint before appealing a dismissal with prejudice forfeits the right to challenge the prejudicial nature of the dis…
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February 16, 2024 PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Orlando Bar Grp., LLC v. DeSantis, 339 So. 3d 487, 494 (Fla. 5th DCA 2022), review denied, No. SC22-881, 2022 WL 6979346 (Fla. Oct. 12, 2022), and cert. denied, 143 S. Ct. 980 (2023) (“Appellants correctly argue that plaintiffs typically have the ability to amend their complaint as a matter of right once prior to an answer being filed. See Boca Burger, Inc. v. Forum, 912 So. 2d 561, 567 (Fla. 2005). However, Appellants did not move for leave to amend, did not file a proposed amended complaint, and appealed rather than moving for rehearing on the dismissal being with prejudice.”); Vorbeck v. Betancourt, 107 So. 3d 1142, 1148 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012) (“It is now well settled that the rule of preservation applies to the improper dismissal of a complaint with prejudice.”).
EISNAUGLE, HARRIS and SOUD, JJ., concur.
_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
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