FABRICA DE FIDEOS RIVOLI, S.A. v. FAMEX INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed December 8, 2021.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D21-623

Lower Tribunal No. 16-1333

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Fabrica de Fideos Rivoli, S.A., Appellant,

vs.

Famex Investments Limited, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Pedro P.

Echarte, Jr., Judge.

Dorta Law, and Matias R. Dorta, for appellant.

Jones & Adams, P.A., Matthew L. Jones, W. Steven Adams, Jorge E.

Porro and Daniel Haydar, for appellee.

Before EMAS, GORDO and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. E. Nat’l Bank v. Glendale Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass’n, 508 So.

2d 1323, 1324 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987) (“The doctrine of subrogation is generally invoked when one person has satisfied the obligations of another and equity compels that the person discharging the debt stand in the shoes of the person whose claim has been discharged, thereby succeeding to the rights and priorities of the original creditor.”); Kala Invs., Inc. v. Sklar, 538 So. 2d 909, 917 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (“The policy behind the doctrine [of equitable subrogation] is to prevent unjust enrichment by assuring that the person who in equity and good conscience is responsible for the debt is ultimately answerable for its discharge.”); W. Am. Ins. Co. v. Yellow Cab Co. of Orlando, Inc., 495 So. 2d 204, 207 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986) (stating that the doctrine of equitable subrogation “may be invoked wherever justice demands its application, irrespective of technical legal rules.”).