Case Name: Felicitas SANCHEZ, Appellant, v. MERCY HOSPITAL, etc., et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-07-22
Citations: 386 So. 2d 42
Docket Number: No. 79-1688
Parties: Felicitas SANCHEZ, Appellant, v. MERCY HOSPITAL, etc., et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 386
Pages: 42–43

Head Matter:
Felicitas SANCHEZ, Appellant, v. MERCY HOSPITAL, etc., et al., Appellees.
No. 79-1688.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 22, 1980.
Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Edward A. Perse, Miami, Bernard Butts, Hialeah, for appellant.
Adams & Ward and Richard B. Adams and James W. Kaufman, Miami, Barrett & Bajoczky and C. Howard Hunter, Tallahassee, Thornton & Herdon and Jane E. Thornton, Miami, for appellees.
Before BARKDULL, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Orderly pleading requires that the order dismissing the plaintiff's complaint with prejudice be reversed because affirmative defenses to a claim for relief, not apparent on the face of the complaint, must be pled in an answer. Roehner v. Atlantic Coast Development Corporation, 356 So.2d 1296 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978); Poulos v. Vordermeir, 327 So.2d 245 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976); Government Employees Insurance Company v. Wheelus, 319 So.2d 181 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975). Only affirmative defenses appearing on the face of a prior pleading may be asserted in a motion to dismiss. Fla.R. Civ.P. 1.110(d); Kansas City Mortgage Company v. Burgess, 306 So.2d 161 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975); Stern v. First National Bank of South Miami, 275 So.2d 58 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973).
Reversed and remanded.