R.W. Smith v. R. Wilbur Smith

Full title: R.W. SMITH CO. OF FLORIDA, INC., Appellant, v. R. WILBUR SMITH CO., INC…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Nov 6, 2002

833 So. 2d 806 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

Opinion

Case No. 3D01-1531.

Opinion filed November 6, 2002.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Jennifer D. Bailey, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. 98-20083.

Roger M. Dunetz; Lauri Waldman Ross and Theresa L. Girten, Miami, for appellant.

Katz, Barron, Squitero Faust and Philippe Lieberman, Miami, for appellee.

Before COPE, LEVY and FLETCHER, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

R. W. Smith Co. of Florida, Inc., appeals an adverse summary judgment in its suit against R. Wilbur Smith Co., Inc. We agree with the trial court that the instant suit is barred by res judicata.See Red Carpet Corp. of Panama City Beach v. Roberts, 443 So.2d 377 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983); see also Harrington v. Batchelor, 781 So.2d 1133 (Fla.3d DCA 2001).

R. Wilbur Smith Co., Inc. appeals an order denying its motion to tax costs against Antonio Elortegui, the president and sole shareholder of R. W. Smith Co. of Florida. We reverse on authority of subsection 607.1421(4), Florida Statutes (2001), and Barrie v. Buchsbaum, 547 So.2d 1009 (Fla.3d DCA 1989).

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.