Case Name: Joseph BOCCHINO, Appellant, v. Cathleen Cummings FISCHER; John Fischer; Complete Inspections, Inc., a Florida corporation; John C. Merwin, Jr.; Dynasty Homes and Investments, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-11-30
Citations: 645 So. 2d 1096
Docket Number: No. 93-2914
Parties: Joseph BOCCHINO, Appellant, v. Cathleen Cummings FISCHER; John Fischer; Complete Inspections, Inc., a Florida corporation; John C. Merwin, Jr.; Dynasty Homes and Investments, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.
Judges: HERSEY, STONE and KLEIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 645
Pages: 1096–1097

Head Matter:
Joseph BOCCHINO, Appellant, v. Cathleen Cummings FISCHER; John Fischer; Complete Inspections, Inc., a Florida corporation; John C. Merwin, Jr.; Dynasty Homes and Investments, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.
No. 93-2914.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 30, 1994.
Dennis J. McGlothin and Anthony W. Pel-legrino, Dennis J. McGlothin, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Robert Hands, Steel Hector & Davis, Miami, for Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, Inc.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Reversed. It was error to deny Plaintiff leave to amend the complaint, to add a party, based on Plaintiffs deposition statement indicating the existence of facts that might support a potential defense. Rather, consideration of the motion for leave to amend should be limited to the content of the pleading and the proposed amendment.
We note that this is not a case in which the defense appeared on the face of the complaint. In reversing, we take no position on whether the proposed amendment states a cause of action.
HERSEY, STONE and KLEIN, JJ., concur.