Case Name: Kenneth L. STEIN, et al., as Crown Associates, Appellants, v. HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA, etc., et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-01-15
Citations: 481 So. 2d 1264
Docket Number: No. 85-80
Parties: Kenneth L. STEIN, et al., as Crown Associates, Appellants, v. HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA, etc., et al., Appellees.
Judges: LETTS and HURLEY, JJ., and LEVY, DAVID L., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 481
Pages: 1264–1265

Head Matter:
Kenneth L. STEIN, et al., as Crown Associates, Appellants, v. HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA, etc., et al., Appellees.
No. 85-80.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 15, 1986.
Samuel J. Dubbin of Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, and Talbot D’Alemberte of Talbot D’Alemberte, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellants.
Paul R. Regensdorf of Fleming, O’Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
At oral argument we raised the question of our jurisdiction to entertain this appeal which challenges the propriety of a partial final judgment. We requested supplementary briefs and now conclude that the appeal must be dismissed.
Initially, we find that the counts covered by the partial final judgment and the count which remains pending in the trial court "in substance involve the same transaction." Mendez v. West Flagler Family Association, 303 So.2d 1, 5 (Fla.1974). "Because . [the] counts involve the same factual circumstances, review by direct appeal is . improper under the rationale of the Mendez case." Venezia A., Inc. v. Askew, 314 So.2d 254, 257 (Fla. 1st DCA 1975), cert. denied, 333 So.2d 465 (Fla.1976).
Also, we reject the contention that this appeal is cognizable under rule 9.110(k), Fla.R.App.P. We join our sister court in holding that rule 9.110(k) "does not make all partial judgments immediately appeala-ble nor does it expand in any way the class of orders immediately appealable." Bay & Gulf Laundry Equipment Co. v. Chateau Tower, Inc., 484 So.2d 615, — (Fla. 2d DCA 1985). Accordingly, this appeal is
DISMISSED.
LETTS and HURLEY, JJ., and LEVY, DAVID L., Associate Judge, concur.