Case Name: Robert A. SHUPACK, Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation for profit, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1978-03-28
Citations: 356 So. 2d 1298
Docket Number: No. 77-407
Parties: Robert A. SHUPACK, Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation for profit, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, NATHAN and KE-HOE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 356
Pages: 1298–1299

Head Matter:
Robert A. SHUPACK, Appellant, v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation for profit, Appellee.
No. 77-407.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 28, 1978.
Harold M. Braxton, Miami, for appellant.
Adams, George, Schulte & Ward and Amy Shield Levine, Miami, for appellee.
Before HENDRY, NATHAN and KE-HOE, JJ.

Opinion:
KEHOE, Judge.
Appellant, plaintiff below, appeals from an order, in an action at law, granting appellee's motion for summary judgment. The decretal portion of the trial court's order reads:
"Ordered and adjudged that the motion for summary judgment be, and the same is hereby granted."
This order is merely authorization for a final judgment. It does not constitute a final judgment, nor is it an order from which an interlocutory appeal could properly lie. See Harris v. Mosteller, 253 So.2d 275 (Fla. 2d DCA 1971); Arnold v. Brady, 178 So.2d 732 (Fla. 2d DCA 1965); Lyden v. DePiera, 147 So.2d 573 (Fla. 3d DCA 1962); Stone v. Buckley, 119 So.2d 298 (Fla. 2d DCA 1960); Chastain v. Embry, 118 So.2d 33 (Fla. 2d DCA 1960); Elliott v. Lazar, 104 So.2d 618 (Fla. 2d DCA 1958); and Renard v. Kirkeby Hotels, 99 So.2d 719 (Fla. 3d DCA 1958).
We recognize our authority to treat the appeal before the court as a petition for certiorari; however, we decline to do so and dismiss the appeal sua sponte.
Appeal dismissed.