Case Name: DELPA, INC., Appellant, v. Cecilia MARTINEZ, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-07-21
Citations: 878 So. 2d 455
Docket Number: No. 3D04-113
Parties: DELPA, INC., Appellant, v. Cecilia MARTINEZ, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and WELLS, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 878
Pages: 455–457

Head Matter:
DELPA, INC., Appellant, v. Cecilia MARTINEZ, Appellee.
No. 3D04-113.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 21, 2004.
Murray, Marin & Herman and Carolyn A. Pickard, Coral Gables, for appellant.
Greenspoon, Marder, Hirschfeld, Rafkin, Ross & Berger and Marc E. Schwartz, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN and WELLS, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Earnest & Stewart, Inc. v. Codina, 732 So.2d 364, 366 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)("Properly viewed, . the dismissal and releases referred to in the offer were not 'conditions' of the settlement, but rather mechanical and legally inconsequential means of effecting it. They thus should be regarded as mere surplusage, the existence of which should not affect substantial rights."); Waddell v. Donelly, 138 Fla. 570, 189 So. 650 (1939); 2 Fla. Jur.2d Agency § 113 (1998)("A third person cannot receive the benefits of a transaction through an agent and then refute the agent's right to act.").
SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN, J., concur.