Case Name: Robert C. TAUSINGER and Pamela E. Tausinger, His Wife, and Iscador Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Park Inn Drugs, Appellants, v. WOODLAWN PARK ASSOCIATES, a New York General Partnership, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-06-28
Citations: 681 So. 2d 745
Docket Number: No. 95-05058
Parties: Robert C. TAUSINGER and Pamela E. Tausinger, His Wife, and Iscador Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Park Inn Drugs, Appellants, v. WOODLAWN PARK ASSOCIATES, a New York General Partnership, Appellee.
Judges: RYDER, AC.J., and FRANK, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 681
Pages: 745–745

Head Matter:
Robert C. TAUSINGER and Pamela E. Tausinger, His Wife, and Iscador Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Park Inn Drugs, Appellants, v. WOODLAWN PARK ASSOCIATES, a New York General Partnership, Appellee.
No. 95-05058.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 28, 1996.
Carlton R. Reichert, St. Petersburg, for Appellants.
John W. Biesinger, III, of Grant & Bies-inger, St. Petersburg, for Appellee.

Opinion:
BLUE, Judge.
Robert and Pamela Tausinger and Iscador Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Park Inn Drugs, appeal a partial summary judgment for Wood-lawn Park Associates on its claim for breach of a commercial property lease. The Tau-singers contend that summary judgment was improper because disputed issues of material fact exist regarding their affirmative defenses of novation and accord and satisfaction. We agree and reverse.
Summary judgment is inappropriate when there are disputed issues of material fact or when affirmative defenses have not been conclusively refuted on the record. Reserve Ins. Co. v. Earle W. Day & Co., 190 So.2d 803 (Fla. 2d DCA 1966); Hyde Shipping Corp. v. Concreto Asfaltico Nacional, S.A., 507 So.2d 776 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). Because the parties' affidavits are contradictory on the facts that would establish the Tausingers' affirmative defenses, the trial court erred in granting summary judgment. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.
RYDER, AC.J., and FRANK, J., concur.