Case Name: CITY OF GAINESVILLE, Appellant, v. MASSACHUSETTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Florida Conference Center Associates, Inc., a Florida corporation, and State of Florida, Board of Regents, Ed Crapo, Alachua County Property Appraiser; Von Fraser, Alachua County Tax Collector; and James Zingale as Executive Director of the State of Florida Department of Revenue, Appellees; Alachua County Board of County Commissioners, Appellant v. Massachusetts Life Insurance Company, a Delaware corporation, Florida Conference Center Associates, Inc., a Florida corporation, and State of Florida, Board of Regents, Ed Crapo, Alachua County Property Appraiser; Von Fraser, Alachua County Tax Collector; and James Zingale as Executive Director of the State of Florida Department of Revenue, Appellees; Dwight Adams, Appellant, v. Massachusetts Life Insurance Company, a Delaware corporation, Florida Associates, Inc., a Florida corporation, et al., Ed Crapo, Alachua County Property Appraiser; Von Fraser, Alachua County Tax Collector, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-01-30
Citations: 919 So. 2d 675
Docket Number: Nos. 1D05-2036, 1D05-2081, 1D05-2083
Parties: CITY OF GAINESVILLE, Appellant, v. MASSACHUSETTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Florida Conference Center Associates, Inc., a Florida corporation, and State of Florida, Board of Regents, Ed Crapo, Alachua County Property Appraiser; Von Fraser, Alachua County Tax Collector; and James Zingale as Executive Director of the State of Florida Department of Revenue, Appellees. Alachua County Board of County Commissioners, Appellant v. Massachusetts Life Insurance Company, a Delaware corporation, Florida Conference Center Associates, Inc., a Florida corporation, and State of Florida, Board of Regents, Ed Crapo, Alachua County Property Appraiser; Von Fraser, Alachua County Tax Collector; and James Zingale as Executive Director of the State of Florida Department of Revenue, Appellees. Dwight Adams, Appellant, v. Massachusetts Life Insurance Company, a Delaware corporation, Florida Associates, Inc., a Florida corporation, et al., Ed Crapo, Alachua County Property Appraiser; Von Fraser, Alachua County Tax Collector, et al., Appellees.
Judges: BARFIELD and BROWNING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 919
Pages: 675–676

Head Matter:
CITY OF GAINESVILLE, Appellant, v. MASSACHUSETTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Florida Conference Center Associates, Inc., a Florida corporation, and State of Florida, Board of Regents, Ed Crapo, Alachua County Property Appraiser; Von Fraser, Alachua County Tax Collector; and James Zingale as Executive Director of the State of Florida Department of Revenue, Appellees. Alachua County Board of County Commissioners, Appellant v. Massachusetts Life Insurance Company, a Delaware corporation, Florida Conference Center Associates, Inc., a Florida corporation, and State of Florida, Board of Regents, Ed Crapo, Alachua County Property Appraiser; Von Fraser, Alachua County Tax Collector; and James Zingale as Executive Director of the State of Florida Department of Revenue, Appellees. Dwight Adams, Appellant, v. Massachusetts Life Insurance Company, a Delaware corporation, Florida Associates, Inc., a Florida corporation, et al., Ed Crapo, Alachua County Property Appraiser; Von Fraser, Alachua County Tax Collector, et al., Appellees.
Nos. 1D05-2036, 1D05-2081, 1D05-2083.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Jan. 30, 2006.
Elizabeth A. Waratuke and Marynelle Hardee, Assistant City Attorneys, City of Gainesville, Gainesville, for appellant City of Gainesville.
William E. Harlan, Jr., County Litigation Attorney, Gainesville, for appellant Alachua County Board of County Commissioners.
Joseph W. Little, Gainesville, for appellant Dwight Adams.
Elliot B. Kula and Benjamin L. Reiss, of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami; Marvin A. Kirsner, of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Boca Raton; and Lorence Jon Bielby, of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellee Massachusetts Life Insurance Company.

Opinion:
WOLF, J.
We affirm the trial court's order to the extent that it denied appellant Dwight Adams's motion to intervene; however, we reverse the order insofar as it denied the motions to intervene filed by the City of Gainesville (City) and the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (County). The City and the County clearly have a present and immediate interest in the outcome of this litigation that will not necessarily be adequately protected by the existing parties to this dispute.
BARFIELD and BROWNING, JJ., concur.