Case Name: MUTUAL BENEFITS CORP., Appellant, v. Mel GOLDENBERG, Perfect Planning, Inc., Lifeline Benefits Group, Inc., f/k/a Living Benefits Group, Inc., American Benefits Group, Inc., and Donald Goldstein, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-05-13
Citations: 709 So. 2d 204
Docket Number: No. 97-2672
Parties: MUTUAL BENEFITS CORP., Appellant, v. Mel GOLDENBERG, Perfect Planning, Inc., Lifeline Benefits Group, Inc., f/k/a Living Benefits Group, Inc., American Benefits Group, Inc., and Donald Goldstein, Appellees.
Judges: STONE, C.J., and FARMER and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 709
Pages: 204–205

Head Matter:
MUTUAL BENEFITS CORP., Appellant, v. Mel GOLDENBERG, Perfect Planning, Inc., Lifeline Benefits Group, Inc., f/k/a Living Benefits Group, Inc., American Benefits Group, Inc., and Donald Goldstein, Appellees.
No. 97-2672.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 13, 1998.
Stephen L. Ziegler of Brinkley, McNerney, Morgan, Solomon & Tatum, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
No brief filed for appellee Mel Goldenberg.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We agree with appellant's argument that the trial court erred in vacating the injunction against appellee Mel Goldenberg, as the injunction should have run for one year from its entry on October 18, 1996. Capelouto v. Orkin Exterminating Co. of Fla., Inc., 183 So.2d 582 (Fla.), appeal dismissed, 385 U.S. 11, 87 S.Ct. 78, 17 L.Ed.2d 10 (1966); Orkin Exterminating Co. v. Bailey, 550 So.2d 563 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989).
Appellant's additional argument, that the injunction should have been further extended based on appellee's contempt of the injunction, is not properly before us. At the time that the trial court vacated the injunction, it had not yet ruled on the motion for contempt. Consequently, there would have been no basis at that point for extending the injunction on that ground.
Accordingly, we reverse the order vacating the temporary injunction and remand with instructions that the trial court extend the temporary injunction against Goldenberg for another three-and-a-half months, as appellant only received eight-and-a-half months of the one-year term of non-competition to which it was entitled. Appellant's motion for attorney's fees and costs should be presented to the bankruptcy court.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
STONE, C.J., and FARMER and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.