Case Name: BELLSOUTH ADVERTISING & PUBLISHING CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, Appellant/cross-appellee, v. AAA SPEEDY APPLIANCE SERVICE, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee/cross-appellant
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-07-21
Citations: 740 So. 2d 580
Docket Number: No. 98-2106
Parties: BELLSOUTH ADVERTISING & PUBLISHING CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, Appellant/cross-appellee, v. AAA SPEEDY APPLIANCE SERVICE, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee/cross-appellant.
Judges: POLEN and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 740
Pages: 580–580

Head Matter:
BELLSOUTH ADVERTISING & PUBLISHING CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, Appellant/cross-appellee, v. AAA SPEEDY APPLIANCE SERVICE, INC., a Florida corporation, Appellee/cross-appellant.
No. 98-2106.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 21, 1999.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 22, 1999.
John R. Hargrove and W. Kent Brown of Heinrich Gordon Hargrove Weihe & James, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant/cross-appellee.
Max R. Price and Phillip N. Nicholas of Solms & Price, P.A., Miami, and Charles M. Auslander of Charles M. Auslander, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellee/cross-ap-pellant.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The final judgment in favor of the plaintiff is reversed. Although there was a contract between BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corporation and AAA Speedy Appliance, Inc. as found by the jury, there were no recoverable damages. The exculpatory clause limited damages to the amount charged for advertising and, in any event, AAA Speedy Appliance, Inc. did not make a payment. Accordingly, we reverse with instructions to direct a verdict in favor of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corporation.
POLEN and GROSS, JJ., concur.
STONE, J., dissents with opinion.