Case Name: Mary A. SPROUL and Rose C. Sproul, Appellants, v. McDONALD'S SYSTEMS, INC., a corporation doing business in Florida; Lehn, Inc., a dissolved corporation d/b/a McDonald's Restaurant; the Home Insurance Company; and Jay Buchbinder Industries of California, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-04-29
Citations: 397 So. 2d 462
Docket Number: No. 80-1408
Parties: Mary A. SPROUL and Rose C. Sproul, Appellants, v. McDONALD’S SYSTEMS, INC., a corporation doing business in Florida; Lehn, Inc., a dissolved corporation d/b/a McDonald’s Restaurant; the Home Insurance Company; and Jay Buchbinder Industries of California, Appellees.
Judges: DOWNEY, ANSTEAD and GLICK-STEIN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 397
Pages: 462–463

Head Matter:
Mary A. SPROUL and Rose C. Sproul, Appellants, v. McDONALD’S SYSTEMS, INC., a corporation doing business in Florida; Lehn, Inc., a dissolved corporation d/b/a McDonald’s Restaurant; the Home Insurance Company; and Jay Buchbinder Industries of California, Appellees.
No. 80-1408.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 29, 1981.
Larry Klein, West Palm Beach and Pom-eroy, Betts, Pomeroy, Moses & Pomeroy, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.
Joseph S. Kashi and Gordon James, III of Grimmett, Conrad, Scherer & James, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Buchbinder.
Robert L. Spector, Fort Lauderdale and Steven R. Berger of Carey, Dwyer, Cole, Selwood & Bernard, Miami, for appellee McDonald’s Systems, Inc.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellants, Sproul, sued McDonald's Systems, Inc., and others for various acts of negligence having to do with the design, installation, inspection, and maintenance of a table in the McDonald's restaurant. McDonald's filed a third party complaint against appellee Buchbinder, the manufacturer of the table, alleging like acts of negligence, and seeking contribution pursuant to Section 768.31, Florida Statutes (1979).
After McDonald's and the other defendants obtained a partial summary judgment against the Sprouls on the aforementioned acts of negligence alleged in the complaint, Buchbinder moved for summary judgment on the third party complaint and prevailed. The Sprouls then filed an amended complaint against the original defendants and Buchbinder. The allegations of negligence against Buchbinder were similar to those contained in the third party complaint between McDonald's and Buchbinder. A motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint on the grounds of collateral estoppel and estop-pel by judgment was filed by Buchbinder and granted with prejudice. The Sprouls seek reversal of that order.
Ordinarily collateral estoppel and estoppel by judgment cannot be raised on motion to dismiss but must be pleaded as affirmative defenses. Moskovits v. Moskovits, 112 So.2d 875 (Fla. 1st DCA 1959). The wisdom of that rule is clearly demonstrated in this case. In its present posture we are unable to determine the basis of the court's rulings on either of the summary judgments heretofore entered and that might become vital in determining whether the defenses raised are valid.
Accordingly, we reverse the judgment appealed from and remand the cause for further proceedings.
REVERSED AND REMANDED, with directions.
DOWNEY, ANSTEAD and GLICK-STEIN, JJ., concur.