Case Name: BANKFIRST, Appellant, v. UBS PAINE WEBBER, INC. et al, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-02-14
Citations: 842 So. 2d 155
Docket Number: No. 5D02-300
Parties: BANKFIRST, Appellant, v. UBS PAINE WEBBER, INC. et al, Appellees.
Judges: SAWAYA, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 842
Pages: 155–157

Head Matter:
BANKFIRST, Appellant, v. UBS PAINE WEBBER, INC. et al, Appellees.
No. 5D02-300.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Feb. 14, 2003.
Rehearing Denied April 15, 2003.
Jeffry R. Jontz of Carlton Fields, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.
Ronald E. Crescenzo and Jason S. Ha-selkorn of Boose Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens McBane & O’Connell, W. Palm Beach, for Appellee, UBS Paine Webber.
David S. Cohen, Law Offices of David S. Cohen, Orlando, for Appellee, Jonathan Al-per.

Opinion:
THOMPSON, C.J.
The order dismissing Bankfirst's claim against UBS Paine Webber, Thomas La-vecchia, Jonathan Alper, and Mark Koteen is affirmed based on our conclusion that neither section 222.30 nor chapter 726, Florida Statutes, creates a cause of action against a party who allegedly assists a debtor in a fraudulent conversion or transfer of property, where the person does not come into possession of the property. See Forum Ins. Co. v. Devere Ltd., 151 F.Supp.2d 1145 (C.D.Cal.2001); Elliott v. Glushon, 390 F.2d 514 (9th Cir.1967); Mack v. Newton, 737 F.2d 1343 (5th Cir.1984); Klein v. Tabatchnick, 610 F.2d 1043, 1048 n. 8 (2d Cir.1979); Jackson v. Star Sprinkler Corp. of Florida, 575 F.2d 1223, 1234 (8th Cir.1978); compare Yusem v. South Florida Water Management Dist. 770 So.2d 746 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).
AFFIRMED.
SAWAYA, J., concurs.
HARRIS, C., Senior Judge, dissents, with opinion.