THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT

Supreme Court Case No. SC2016-947

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY FLAG SERVICE ORGANIZATION, INC.,

Petitioner, vs.

KENNAN G. DANDAR and DANDAR & DANDAR, P.A.,

Respondents. ON APPEAL FROM THE SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

PETITIONER’S BRIEF ON JURISDICTION

Marie Tomassi Florida Bar No. 772062

TRENAM, KEMKER, SCHARF, BARKIN, FRYE, O’NEILL & MULLIS, Professional Association

200 Central Avenue, Suite 1600 St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Phone: (727) 820-3952 Fax: (727) 820-3972 Attorneys for Petitioner F. Wallace Pope, Jr. Florida Bar No. 0124449 Robert V. Potter Florida Bar No. 363006

JOHNSON, POPE, BOKOR, RUPPEL & BURNS, LLP

P.O. Box 1368 Clearwater, FL 33757 Phone: (727) 461-1818 Fax: (727) 462-0365 Attorneys for Petitioner

Filing # 42239946 E-Filed 06/02/2016 12:29:38 PM

RECEIVED, 06/02/2016 12:33:29 PM, Clerk, Supreme Court

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ..................................................................................ii STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND OF THE FACTS ........................................1 THE OPINION OF THE SECOND DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL ...................................................................................2 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ..............................................................................3 ARGUMENT ..........................................................................................................4 The decision below conflicts with the Fourth District Court of Appeal’s decision in

 MCR Funding v. CMG Funding Corp

, 771 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000), and with this Court’s decision in

Paulucci v. General Dynamics Corp

., 842 So. 2d 797 (Fla. 2003). CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................9 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE ......................................................................10 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ...............................................................................10

 

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

Cases 84 Lumber Co. v. Cooper, 656 So. 2d 1297 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994) ......................................................... 2, 6, 9 14302 San Pablo Place SPE, L.L.C. v. VCP-San Pablo, Ltd., 92 So. 3d 320 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) ..................................................................... 8 Cunningham v. Std. Guar. Ins. Co., 630 So. 2d 179 (Fla. 1994) .................................................................................. 6 Finkelstein v. N. Broward Hosp. Dist., 484 So. 2d 1241 (Fla. 1986) ................................................................................ 7 MCR Funding v. CMG Funding Corp., 771 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) ............................................................passim Paulucci v. Gen. Dynamics Corp., 842 So. 2d 797 (Fla. 2003) ..........................................................................passim Solmo v. Friedman, 909 So. 2d 560 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) .................................................................. 5 T.D. v. K.D., 747 So. 2d 456 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) .................................................................. 8 Other Fla. R. App. P. 9.210(a)(2) ..................................................................................... 10 Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.730(c) .............................................................................................. 9