FI L ED U.S. COURT OF A P P E A LS E LE V E N T H C IR C U IT FEB RUARY 22, 2006 THOMAS K. KAH

N CL ERK [DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FO R T HE EL EV EN TH CIRC UI T

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N o. 04- 1657 5 Non-A rgum ent Calendar

--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -- D. C. Docket N o. 04-00040 -CV -T W T- 1 RICHAR D BAILEY, Pl ai nt iff -Ap pe ll an t,
ve rs us MONACO COACH CORP ORATION, Defen da nt -Ap pe ll ee.

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(F eb ru ar y 22 , 200 6) Be fo re E D MO N D SO N , Ch ie f Judg e, A N D E RS O N a nd M A RC U S, Ci rc uit Jud ge s. PE R CU RIA M:Whil e the MMWA , ( 15 U. S.C. § 2 30 1( 7) ), g ive s c on sumer s a pri vat e ri g ht o f a c tio n a g a ins t 1 war rantors f or bre ach of implied wa

rra nty , implied wa

rra nty claims under the MMWA arise out of and are de fi ne d by state law. I d. B a ile y purc ha se d the mot or ho me fr om a de a le r and no t dir e c tly from Monaco. No privi ty exis ts betwee n Ba iley and Monac o. Under Florida law, privity

of contra ct is an e s s e n t i a l e l e m e n to f a c l a i mf o r b r e a c ho f

i mp l i e d w ar r a n ty . S e e M e s a

v . B M W o f

N o rth Americ a, L L C, 904 So.2d 450, 458 (F la.App. 2005) (“Under Florida law, a plainti ff c annot re cover e c on omi c los se s f

or br e a c h of imp lie d wa

rr anty in the a

bs e nc e of pr ivi ty ;) ” B ake r v . D ane k M e dic a l, 35 F.Supp. 2d 875, 878 (N.D . Fla. 1998) ; Krame r v. Piper Airc raf t C orp., 520 So.2d 37, 38 (Fla

. 1988). 2 Pl ai nti ff -Appe llant R ic hard

Ba ile y appe al s th e gr an t of

sum m ar y j udgm en t in f av or or D ef en dant- Appe lle e Mon ac o C oa chCo rp or at ion( “ Mon ac o” ) in Bailey ’ s suit for breach of w arranty under the Magnuso n-Moss W arranty Ac t (“ MM WA”), 1 5 U.S.C. § 23 0l , et s eq . No rev ers ib le erro r ha s b een sh own ; we
a f f i rm. Bailey purchased a m otor hom e m anufactured by Monaco which he claim ed
wa s beset by

m any defec ts which rem ained unrepaired afte r Ba iley aff orded Monaco sufficient oppo rtunity to correc t the defects. T he district court considered fully

Bailey ’ s claim s and conclud ed that Bailey -- who w as repre sented by trial counsel but proceeds pro se on app eal -- (i) pre sented no evid ence that Mon ac o f ai le d to r ep ai r an y

de fe ct that t im el y

w as br ough t t o M ona co ’ s a tte nti on and was w ithin the term s of the express L im ited W arranty ; and (ii) because B ailey

w as not in pr ivi ty of c ontra ct w ithMo na co , ac la im

f or br ea chof

im pli ed w ar ranty fai ls as a m at te r of

Flo rid a la w. 13

We s e e n o e rr o r

i n th e d i s t r i c tc o u rt ’s c o n c l u s i o n s . Ab o u tB a i l e y’ s c l a i ms that Monaco breached its lim ited written w arranty , no genuine issu e of m aterial fa ct e xis ts b ec au se ( i) a

num be r of the a lle ge d de fe ct s w er e ex cl ude d e xpr es sly by the term s of Monaco’ s lim ited war ranty ; (ii) Ba iley

adm itted that certain claim ed de fe ct s w er e re pa ir ed ; ( iii ) Mon ac o w as not giv enr ea sona

ble not ic e of

c er ta in defects; and (iv) B ailey

failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish that
ce rt ai n pr obl em s c onst itu te d de fe ct s. Abse nt s uf fi ci en t e vid en ce to ra ise atr ia ble iss ue that M ona co f

ai le d to r ep ai r a co ve re d de fe ct that w as br ough t a

ppr opr ia te ly t o i t s at t en t i o n , B ai l ey co u l ds h o w n o b re ac h o f e x p re s s wa rr an t y. Ab o u tBa i l ey’s claim that Monaco breached im plied warr anties, the absence of privity betwee n Ba ile y a nd M ona co is dis posi tiv e: Ba ile y ’ s c la im of br ea chof

im pli ed w ar ranty fai ls as a m at te r of

law. AFFIRMED.