Haas Automation, Inc. v. Fox

Full title: HAAS AUTOMATION, INC., etc., Appellant, v. Dr. Robert FOX, Helene Fox, Dr…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Date published: Nov 19, 2014

156 So. 3d 505 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

Opinion

No. 3D13–2424.

11-19-2014

HAAS AUTOMATION, INC., etc., Appellant, v. Dr. Robert FOX, Helene Fox, Dr. Steven Fox, Sherri Fox, and Fisher Auction Company, Inc., Appellees.

Kopelowitz Ostrow and John J. Shahady and Thomas R. Shahady (Fort Lauderdale); Douglas Paul Solomon (Fort Lauderdale), for appellant. Isicoff, Ragatz & Koenigsberg and Eric D. Isicoff and Christopher M. Yannuzzi, Miami, for appellees Dr. Robert Fox, Helene Fox, Dr. Steven Fox, and Sherri Fox, Tallahassee; Marshall Socarras Grant, P.L., and Ruben E. Socarras (Boca Raton), for appellee Fisher Auction Company, Inc.

PER CURIAM.

Kopelowitz Ostrow and John J. Shahady and Thomas R. Shahady (Fort Lauderdale); Douglas Paul Solomon (Fort Lauderdale), for appellant.

Isicoff, Ragatz & Koenigsberg and Eric D. Isicoff and Christopher M. Yannuzzi, Miami, for appellees Dr. Robert Fox, Helene Fox, Dr. Steven Fox, and Sherri Fox, Tallahassee; Marshall Socarras Grant, P.L., and Ruben E. Socarras (Boca Raton), for appellee Fisher Auction Company, Inc.

Before SHEPHERD, C.J., and LAGOA and FERNANDEZ, JJ.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Haas Automation, Inc. (“Haas”) appeals an order granting final summary judgment in favor of Dr. Robert Fox, Helene Fox, Dr. Steven Fox, Sherri Fox, and Fisher Auction Company, Inc. (collectively the Appellees). We reverse.

A review of the record reveals that genuine issues of material fact remain unresolved that preclude entry of summary judgment including the Bid Acknowledgement and Receipt for Deposit form, which lists the total percentage of the Buyer's Premium as $620,000 and the total contract price as $6,820,000. Because these factual issues should be resolved by a jury, summary judgment was improper. See Fla. Marlins Baseball Club, LLC v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London Subscribing to Policy No. 893/HC/97/9096 , 979 So.2d 429 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008) ; Giardina v. Bowe, 680 So.2d 1071 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). “Where there is room for rational difference of opinion as to the existence of evidentiary facts from which an ultimate factual conclusion is sought to be established, the court should submit the case to the jury.” 47th St. Serv. Station, Inc. v. Campos, 595 So.2d 229, 230 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992).

Accordingly, we reverse the entry of summary judgment in favor of the Appellees.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.