AIR COMFORT MECHANICAL, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, APPELLANT,

v.

E. E. "GENE" SIMMONS AND ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, A MINNESOTA CORPORATION, APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By

• Neale v. Aycock, 340 So. 2d 535 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976)
  …d action until termination of the Duval County case. Unquestionably, a trial court has broad discretion to order or deny an application for a stay of proceedings in cases pending before it. (Air Comfort Mechanical, Inc. v. Simmons, Fla.App.2d 1971, 252 So. 2d 285, 30 Fla.Jur., Stay of Proceedings, Section 4, Page 349) A stay of proceedings may be obtained in equity on considerations which would warrant similar stays at law, especially when a stay is shown to be necessary to avoid an inequitable result. (30 F…
• Price v. Hernando Beach, Inc., 286 So. 2d 279 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973)
  …e the same considerations may be persuasive in the determination of whether to grant a stay, a trial judge must be accorded discretion in deciding whether or not to stay proceedings before him. Air Comfort Mechanical, Inc. v. Simmons, Fla.App. 1971, 252 So. 2d 285. Hence, we must decide whether the order under attack was outside the court’s discretion. According to the complaint in the Trustees’ suit, the Trustees contend that Her-nando never had title to the lots in question. Presumably, that suit will reso…
• Regan, Inc. v. Val-Ro, Ltd., 396 So. 2d 834 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981)
  …foreclosure, and its validity remains unchallenged. Although a trial court has broad discretion in granting stays, Neale v. Aycock, 340 So. 2d 535 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976), cert, denied, 351 So. 2d 405 (Fla.1977); Air Comfort Mechanical, Inc. v. Simmons, 252 So. 2d 285 (Fla. 2d DCA 1971), we hold that in the circumstances of this case, the court abused its discretion. See Neale v. Aycock, supra; Price v. Hernando Beach, Inc., 286 So. 2d 279 (Fla. 2d DCA 1973). We therefore reverse the trial court’s order. Time f…