Royal Oaks Lane (Biscayne Landing) - North Miami LLC v. Brian Street

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: November 6, 2024
• Docket: 3D2023-2109
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed November 6, 2024. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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Nos. 3D2023-2072, 3D2023-2098, 3D2023-2109 Lower Tribunal No. 09-52478 ________________

Michael J. Swerdlow and Brian Street, Appellants/Cross-Appellees,

vs.

Royal Oaks Lane (Biscayne Landing) − North Miami LLC, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Appeals from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Vivianne del Rio, Judge.

Brodsky Fotiu-Wojtowicz, PLLC, Alaina Fotiu-Wojtowicz and Michael S. Olin; Joel S. Perwin, P.A., and Joel S. Perwin; Keller Landsberg PA, and Jose R. Riguera (Fort Lauderdale), for appellants/cross-appellees.

Kaufman Dolowich Voluck, and Joe Miele (Ft. Lauderdale), for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before FERNANDEZ, BOKOR and GOODEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See S/D Enterprises, Inc. v. Chase Manhattan Bank, 374

So. 2d 1121, 1122 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979) (“The granting of a deficiency decree

in a mortgage foreclosure action is a matter for the sound judicial discretion

of the trial court. Generally, the granting of a deficiency judgment is the rule

rather than the exception, unless there are facts and circumstances creating

equitable considerations upon which a court should deny the deficiency

decree in the exercise of its discretion. Thus, an exercise of sound judicial

discretion consonant with equity in the light of the facts should not be

disturbed on appeal unless there is a showing of a clear abuse of sound

judicial discretion.”) (internal citations omitted); Lasar Mfg. Co., Inc. v.

Bachanov, 436 So. 2d 236, 237 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983) (“It is well settled that a

trial court’s decision to permit or refuse amendment to pleadings will not be

disturbed on appeal in the absence of an abuse of discretion.”).