Case Name: SOUTH PUERTO RICO SUGAR COMPANY and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellants, v. TEM-COLE, INC., Talismans Sugar Corporation and Home Insurance Company, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-01-31
Citations: 370 So. 2d 1170
Docket Number: No. 78-1308
Parties: SOUTH PUERTO RICO SUGAR COMPANY and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellants, v. TEM-COLE, INC., Talismans Sugar Corporation and Home Insurance Company, Appellees.
Judges: CROSS, LETTS and MOORE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 370
Pages: 1170–1171

Head Matter:
SOUTH PUERTO RICO SUGAR COMPANY and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellants, v. TEM-COLE, INC., Talismans Sugar Corporation and Home Insurance Company, Appellees.
No. 78-1308.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 31, 1979.
Edna L. Caruso and Schuler & Wilkerson, West Palm Beach, for appellants.
Marjorie D. Gadarian of Jones, Paine & Foster, West Palm Beach, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Before us is a motion to dismiss an appeal commenced by one co-defendant who seeks review of a final judgment exonerating another co-defendant from liability. On the authority of Christian et al. v. Popovich et al., 363 So.2d 2 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978) and Sol Walker & Co. v. Seaboard Coast Line R. Co., 362 So.2d 45 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978) the motion to dismiss is denied.
In so ruling we hold that the right of one co-defendant to appeal a judgment which exonerates another co-defendant is inherently implied in Florida's Contribution Act, Florida Statutes (1977) § 768.31.
CROSS, LETTS and MOORE, JJ., concur.