Case Name: ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, Appellant, v. Coy A. KOONTZ, Jr., etc., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-06-24
Citations: 908 So. 2d 518
Docket Number: No. 5D04-2113
Parties: ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, Appellant, v. Coy A. KOONTZ, Jr., etc., Appellee.
Judges: PALMER, J., and ORFINGER, M., Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 908
Pages: 518–519

Head Matter:
ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, Appellant, v. Coy A. KOONTZ, Jr., etc., Appellee.
No. 5D04-2113.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 24, 2005.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 8, 2005.
William H. Congdon, Palatka, for Appellant.
Christopher V. Carlyle, Shannon McLin Carlyle, Roy B. “Skip” Dalton, Jr., and Gilbert S. Goshorn, Jr., of The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, The Villages, and Michael D. Jones of Michael D. Jones & Associates, P.A., Winter Springs, for Ap-pellees.
Valerie A. Fernandez, Coral Gables, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We address this inverse condemnation case for the third time. In St. Johns River Water Management District v. Koontz, 861 So.2d 1267 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003) (Koontz II), we dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We explained at that time that, despite the fact that the order was labeled a "Final Judgment," it was not final because further judicial labor was expressly contemplated. Id. After further proceedings, Appellant once again filed an appeal wherein it represented in its notice that it was challenging a "Final Judgment." The "Final Judgment," despite being labeled as such, once again is not a final order because it merely makes a finding of liability but expressly reserves jurisdiction to assess damages against Appellant for having wrongfully taken Appel-lee's property. As we have previously held, a finding of liability in an inverse condemnation action is neither a final order nor an appealable non-final order. Osceola v. Best Diversified, Inc., 830 So.2d 139 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).
APPEAL DISMISSED.
PALMER, J., and ORFINGER, M., Senior Judge, concur.
TORPY, J., concurs and concurs specially, with opinion.
. The instant action was not brought under the Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private Property Rights Protection Act, section 70.001, Florida Statutes (2003), because the acts of Appellant preceded the effective date of this legislation. Therefore, the recently promulgated Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(viii) is not available as a basis for jurisdiction.