Nasmin Enterprise, Inc. v. carlisle/wilson Plaza, LLC and Naples Supermarket Corp.
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledApril 20, 2022
Docket2D21-2580
StatusPublished
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
NASMIN ENTERPRISE, INC.,
Appellant,
v.
CARLISLE/WILSON PLAZA, LLC;
and NAPLES SUPERMARKET
CORPORATION,
Appellees.
No. 2D21-2580
April 20, 2022
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Collier County; Elizabeth V. Krier,
Judge.
John A. Anthony and John W. Landkammer of Anthony & Partners,
LLC, Tampa, for Appellant.
David P. Fraser of Holmes Fraser, P.A., Naples, for Appellee
Carlisle/Wilson Plaza, LLC.
Steven V. Blount and Joseph H. Brown of Blount Law, PL, Naples,
for Appellee Naples Supermarket Corporation.
PER CURIAM.
Nasmin Enterprise, Inc., appeals from an order dismissing
with prejudice its first amended complaint against Carlisle/Wilson
Plaza, LLC, and Naples Supermarket Corporation but providing the
opportunity to amend to bring a count for declaratory relief against
Carlisle/Wilson Plaza.1 Having had the benefit of briefing and oral
argument, we affirm in part and dismiss in part as set forth below.
As it relates to Carlisle/Wilson Plaza, the order of dismissal is
not an appealable final order because it grants Nasmin Enterprise
the opportunity to amend to bring a claim for declaratory relief
against Carlisle/Wilson Plaza. See Morgan v. Blancher, 489 So. 2d
1217, 1218 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986) ("An order of dismissal with leave to
amend is not appealable because it is a nonfinal order." (citing
Bishop v. Kelly, 404 So. 2d 1149, 1149 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981))).
1 To clarify, in response to the defendants' motions to dismiss
the first amended complaint, Nasmin Enterprise moved for leave to
file a proposed second amended complaint, which included a count
for declaratory relief against Carlisle/Wilson Plaza. With respect to
that count, the court stated:
Leave to amend to bring Count III, Declaratory
Judgment, of the proposed Second Amended Complaint
is denied without prejudice, as said Count within the
Second Amended Complaint fails to state a proper cause
of action for Declaratory Judgment[.] Plaintiff is given 20
days from the date of this Order to bring a declaratory
judgment action not contrary to the Court's rulings
herein.
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Moreover, as it relates to Carlisle/Wilson Plaza, the order of
dismissal also is not appealable as a partial final judgment because
the causes of action that it dismissed with prejudice are
indisputably interdependent with the proposed basis for declaratory
relief. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.110(k) (stating that partial final
judgments are reviewable on appeal and defining a partial final
judgment as "one that disposes of a separate and distinct cause of
action that is not interdependent with other pleaded claims"). The
claims against Carlisle/Wilson Plaza that were dismissed with
prejudice are premised on an argument that the lease agreement
between Nasmin Enterprise and Carlisle/Wilson Plaza grants
certain rights to Nasmin Enterprise, and the proposed count for
declaratory relief seeks a determination of the validity of that
agreement and the rights to which the parties are entitled.
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction as
to Carlisle/Wilson Plaza. See Wagner v. Sticky Holsters, Inc., 291
So. 3d 1003, 1004 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020) (dismissing for lack of
jurisdiction an appeal of an order of dismissal as it related to one of
the parties because the dismissed claims were interrelated with
other claims against that party that remained pending). Although
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we have jurisdiction to review the dismissal order as it relates to
Naples Supermarket because the order dismisses with prejudice all
claims asserted against Naples Supermarket and no counts remain
in which it is a party, see Fla. R. App. P. 9.110(k) ("If a partial final
judgment totally disposes of an entire case as to any party, it must
be appealed within 30 days of rendition."), we affirm to that extent
without further discussion.
Affirmed in part; dismissed in part.
NORTHCUTT, CASANUEVA, and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ.,
Concur.
Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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