Case Name: John A. HIRSCH and Ronald W. Zolla, Petitioners, v. CLOWER & DEMMING, etc., Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-04-28
Citations: 759 So. 2d 720
Docket Number: No. 5D99-2949
Parties: John A. HIRSCH and Ronald W. Zolla, Petitioners, v. CLOWER & DEMMING, etc., Respondents.
Judges: W. SHARP, HARRIS and PETERSON, J.J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 759
Pages: 720–721

Head Matter:
John A. HIRSCH and Ronald W. Zolla, Petitioners, v. CLOWER & DEMMING, etc., Respondents.
No. 5D99-2949.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
April 28, 2000.
Rehearing Denied June 14, 2000.
Theodore R. Doran of Doran & Wolfe, Daytona Beach, for Petitioners.
Harold C. Hubka of Black, Sims, Hubka, Burnett, Birch & Rawnsley, LLP, Daytona Beach, for Respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
John A. Hirsch and Roland W. Zoila petition for a writ of certiorari to review an order denying their motion to abate an action in the circuit court by respondents, Clower & Demming, Daytona Ophthalmic Services, P.A., d/b/a Daytona Ophthalmic Services (DOS). We grant the petition, issue the writ, and quash the order of denial.
The action below was initiated by DOS against Hirsch and Zoila, and sought a declaratory judgment as to the legality of the same contracts involved in this court's opinion in Hirsch v. DiGaetano, 732 So.2d 1177 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999). DOS was also a party in that previous case and appealed after the complaint was amended in the circuit court to add DOS as a party. We previously ruled that an action involving the same issues and parties had been filed in a Massachusetts court and the principle of priority compelled that a -later filed Florida action be stayed. We have not changed our opinion.
PETITION GRANTED; WRIT ISSUED; ORDER QUASHED; REMANDED.
W. SHARP, HARRIS and PETERSON, J.J., concur.