Opinion
No. 1D07-4396.
November 15, 2007.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Escambia County, Michael G. Allen, J.
Robert O. Beasley of Litvak Beasley Wilson, LLP, Pensacola, for Appellant.
Teresa N. Phillips of Pohl Short, P. A., Winter Park, for Appellees.
Upon consideration of the appellant's response to the Court's order of September 20, 2007, the Court has determined that the appellant has prematurely filed the notice of appeal. The order grants summary judgment of all of the counts in the complaint in favor of the appellees, and grants partial summary judgment in favor of the appellees in the appellees' counter-claim. In the order the court directs the parties to schedule further proceedings to determine damages and states that it will subsequently enter a final judgment. The court has indicated that its judicial labor will continue to be engaged in this lawsuit, and the unfinished business before the lower court concerns a counterclaim interrelated to, and arising out of, the same set of facts as the claims sought to be appealed by the appellant. See S.L.T. Warehouse Co. v. Webb, 304 So.2d 97, 99 (Fla. 1974); Irvine v. Southwood, 1295 948 So.2d 981 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007). The appeal is hereby dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
DISMISSED.
WOLF, POLSTON, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.