Case Name: John GRABEK, Appellant, v. WORLDWIDE SPECIALTY MERCHANDISE, INC., and Stephen Caputi, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-01-06
Citations: 611 So. 2d 590
Docket Number: No. 92-1494
Parties: John GRABEK, Appellant, v. WORLDWIDE SPECIALTY MERCHANDISE, INC., and Stephen Caputi, Appellees.
Judges: HERSEY and STONE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 611
Pages: 590–591

Head Matter:
John GRABEK, Appellant, v. WORLDWIDE SPECIALTY MERCHANDISE, INC., and Stephen Caputi, Appellees.
No. 92-1494.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 6, 1993.
Philip Michael Cullen, III, Fort Lauder-dale, for appellant.
Jaana T. Moisio and Robert T. Slatoff, of Goldberg & Young, P.A. (withdrawn as counsel after filing brief), Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this appeal from a non-final order we stay the proceedings as they relate to appellee Stephen Caputi who has filed for bankruptcy. See 11 U.S.C.A. § 362(a)(1). We affirm the order as to appellee Worldwide Specialty Merchandise, Inc. We hold that the trial court retained jurisdiction to vacate final judgment while a non-final appeal was pending. See, e.g., FMS Management Sys., Inc. v. IDS Mortgage Corp., 402 So.2d 474 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981). We hold also that the second motion under rule 1.540(b), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, was appropriate under the circumstances of this case. See, e.g., Crocker Invs. Inc. v. Statesman Life Ins. Co., 515 So.2d 1305, 1307-08 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), rev. denied, 525 So.2d 877 (Fla.1988); Monte Campbell Crane Co. v. Hancock, 510 So.2d 1104, 1105 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987). In so concluding we do not consider issues raised by appellant for the first time on appeal.
AFFIRMED AS TO WORLDWIDE; STAYED AS TO CAPUTI.
HERSEY and STONE, JJ., concur.
FARMER, J., concurs specially with opinion.