Case Name: OCEANAIR OF FLORIDA, INC. and Oceanair Equipment, Inc., Appellants, v. BEECH ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1989-06-16
Citations: 545 So. 2d 443
Docket Number: No. 88-2530
Parties: OCEANAIR OF FLORIDA, INC. and Oceanair Equipment, Inc., Appellants, v. BEECH ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Appellee.
Judges: SMITH, C.J., THOMPSON and MINER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 545
Pages: 443–443

Head Matter:
OCEANAIR OF FLORIDA, INC. and Oceanair Equipment, Inc., Appellants, v. BEECH ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Appellee.
No. 88-2530.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 16, 1989.
Rehearing Denied July 20, 1989.
James B. Curasi, Tallahassee, for appellants.
C. Everett Boyd, Jr. of Ervin, Yarn, Jacobs, Odom & Ervin, Tallahassee, for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
When the parties executed and filed with the court a joint stipulation for dismissal, with prejudice, the litigation between the parties was terminated instantaneously and the trial court was without jurisdiction to thereafter act upon appellants' motion for default of the parties' settlement agreement. Randle-Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc. v. Vasta, 360 So.2d 68 (Fla.1978); Rule 1.420(a)(l)(ii), Fla. R.Civ.P. Appellants are not barred by the doctrine of res judicata from filing a separate action to enforce the settlement agreement. 32 Fla.Jur.2d, Judgments and Decrees, § 96, 131.
AFFIRMED.
SMITH, C.J., THOMPSON and MINER, JJ., concur.