RAPID-ENVIOS v. MAURICIO GOMEZ
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledAugust 26, 2020
Docket3D20-0279
StatusPublished
📰 News Coverage: Read the LAWS.com news report on this case
Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed August 26, 2020.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
________________
No. 3D20-279
Lower Tribunal No. 16-24104
________________
Rapid-Envios, et al.,
Appellants,
vs.
Mauricio Gomez, et al.,
Appellees.
An Appeal from a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade
County, Abby Cynamon, Judge.
Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph and Jeffrey J. Molinaro and Andrew Ittleman
and Jayson Thomas, for appellants.
Zumpano Castro, LLC., and Daniel E. Zumpano and Antonio Castro and
Joseph Ruiz, for appellees.
Before FERNANDEZ, LOGUE and LOBREE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Case v. City of Miami, 756 So. 2d 259, 260–61 (Fla. 3d DCA
2000) (observing that “motion to disqualify should be made with reasonable
promptness after the party discovers facts which lead to the motion”) (quoting
Transmark, U.S.A., Inc. v. State, Dep’t of Ins., 631 So. 2d 1112, 1116 (Fla. 1st DCA
1994)); Zayas-Bazan v. Marcelin, 40 So. 3d 870, 872-73 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010) (“A
party can waive his right to seek disqualification . . . by failing to promptly move for
[it] upon learning of the facts leading to the alleged conflict.”); Lackow v. Walter E.
Heller & Co. Se., Inc., 466 So. 2d 1120, 1122 n.2 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985) (critical point
in time from which to assess undue delay and waiver is when movant is on notice of
conflicted firm’s representation of opposing party in “particular case”); Balda v.
Sorchych, 616 So. 2d 1114, 1116 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993); cf. Key Largo Rest., Inc. v.
T.H. Old Town Assocs., Ltd., 759 So. 2d 690, 694 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000) (affirming
grant of disqualification, “[a]lthough other trial judges may have arrived at a
different conclusion, the ruling entered in this case is supported by the evidence,
well reasoned, and did not offend existing statutes or case law”).
2