Ramos v. STABINSKI & FUNT, PA

494 So. 2d 298, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 2031, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 9736

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: September 23, 1986
• Docket: 86-1208
• Status: Published

Opinion

494 So.2d 298 (1986)

Anthony E. RAMOS, Appellant,
v.
STABINSKI & FUNT, P.A., Appellee.

No. 86-1208.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 23, 1986.

Minervino Rodriguez, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

Robey & Pelstring and R. James Pelstring, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The non-final order appealed ordering defendant Anthony E. Ramos to place $20,000 in a trust or interest-bearing account pending further order of the trial court is reversed upon a holding that a disputed and contingent claim for money damages does not constitute, by itself, a sufficient basis for injunctive relief. Ciabotti v. Milo, 432 So.2d 792 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); Digaeteno v. Perotti, 374 So.2d 1015 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); Oxford International Bank and Trust, Ltd. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 374 So.2d 54 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979), cert. dismissed, 383 So.2d 1199 (Fla. 1980).

Plaintiff/appellee Stabinski & Funt, P.A.'s contention that the order entered was a contempt order relative to the defendant's violation of a preliminary injunction entered in a prior case is without merit as the trial court expressly denied plaintiff's motion for contempt.

Reversed.