Case Name: Eric A. KNAPP, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. David L. TALTON, Walter A. McCully, et al., Appellee/Cross-Appellant
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-12-06
Citations: 129 So. 3d 1110
Docket Number: No. 5D13-375
Parties: Eric A. KNAPP, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. David L. TALTON, Walter A. McCully, et al., Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
Judges: ORFINGER, LAWSON and EVANDER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 129
Pages: 1110–1110

Head Matter:
Eric A. KNAPP, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. David L. TALTON, Walter A. McCully, et al., Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
No. 5D13-375.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Dec. 6, 2013.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 31, 2013.
Dennis Wells, of Webb, Wells & Williams, P.A., Longwood, for Appellant/Cross Appellee.
Jim McCrae and J. Keith Ramsey, of Holland & Knight LLP, Orlando, for Ap-pellee/Cross-Appellant.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.540(b); Harrison v. La Placida Cmty. Ass'n, 665 So.2d 1138, 1141 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996) (holding that Rule 1.540 cannot be used to remedy legal error, such as "vacating] an order of dismissal upon a finding that [the] decision [to dismiss] was erroneous"); Averbuch v. Lauffer, 516 So.2d 973, 974 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987) ("[A] party may not utilize a motion for relief from judgment under Rule 1.540(b), Fla. R. Civ. P., to relitigate issues which have been previously litigated in a motion for rehearing pursuant to Rule 1.530, Fla. R. Civ. P. If the grounds are identical, a party's failure to seek appellate review of the order denying the motion for rehearing precludes further judicial review.") (quoting Sloan v. Sloan, 393 So.2d 642, 644 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981)).
ORFINGER, LAWSON and EVANDER, JJ., concur.