IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION , Appellant ,
v. Case No. 5D 17

- 1369 CAROL COOK A/K / A CAROL E. COOK , Appellee

. ________________________________/ Opinion filed June 15, 2018 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Br evard County , Lisa Davidson , Judge. Kathleen E

. Angione, of Kahane & Assoc iates , P

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. , Plantation, for Appellant. J

. Christopher Crowder, of Faro & Crowder, P

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. , Melbourne, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) appeals an order granting final summary judgment in favor of Carol Cook and the order denying its motion for rehearing. Because the trial court erred in entering summary judgment on the grounds of res judicata, w e reverse and remand for further proceedings

. In 2009, Aurora Loan Services, LLC filed a complaint to foreclose on Cook’s mortgage . The complaint alleged that Cook default ed on the June 1, 2009 payment and all payments due the reafter, and sought the principal amount due of $138,201.79. FNMA2 subsequently became the substitute plaintiff . After a non - jury trial, the court entered a final judgment in favor of Cook because FNMA fail ed to establish that a notice of acceleration had b een sent

. FNMA filed a second foreclosure complaint in 2014. The complaint alleged default

on the September 1, 2009 payment and all subsequent payments, and sought $137,792.47 as the principal amount due. As one of her affirmative defe nses, Cook alleged t hat res judicata barred the 2014 case based on the 2009 final judgment. The trial court agreed and entered final summary judgment in favor of Cook. That was error.
In Singleton v. Greymar Associates , 882 So. 2d 1004, 1008 (Fla. 2004), the Florida Supreme Court addressed res judicata in the foreclosure c ontext and held that “ res judicata does not necessarily bar successive foreclosure suits, regardless of whether or not the mortgagee sought to accelerate payments on the note in the first suit. ” In that
case, a “subsequent and separate alleged default created a new and independent right in the mortgagee to accelerate payment on the note in a subsequent foreclosure action. ” 882 So. 2d at 1008. This court has relied on Singleton to conclude that dismissal of a prior foreclosure suit , even with prejudice, “does not preclude a new foreclosure action based on different acts or dates of default.” Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Robinson , 168 So. 3d 1279, 1280 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015)

. We reject Cook’s argument that because both complaints alleged default on “all subsequent payments , ” res ju dicata barred the instant case. That language is not dispositive of the issue because FNMA alleg ed a different and subsequent default date in the 2014 case. See , e.g. , Christiana Tr. v. Taveras , 186 So. 3d 50, 51

– 53 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016) (noting that res judicata did not bar mortgag ee from enforcing its rights under3 mortgage based on future defaults after mortgagee’s prior foreclosure action was dismissed). In the 2009 c ase, FNMA alleged default on June 1, 2009 , and all subsequent payments ; in the 2014 case, FNMA asserted default on September 1, 2009 , and all subsequent payments

. FNMA also alleged different princip a l amount s due in both cases

. T hus, the subsequent and different default in the 2014 case presented a separate and distinct issue from that presented in the 2009 case for purposes of res judicata. See Singleton , 882 So. 2d. at 100 8; Robinson , 168 So. 3d at 1280; Taveras , 186 So. 3d at
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– 53. The inclusion of “and all subsequent payments” does not alter this result

. Accordingly , t he trial court erred in entering final summary judgment based on a finding that res judicata barred the 2014 case. REVERSED AND REMANDED

. COHEN, C.J., PALMER and BERGER , JJ., concur.