Case Name: Thomas C. KEARNS, Appellant, v. 8911 NORMANDY BEACH, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-04-24
Citations: 814 So. 2d 516
Docket Number: No. 3D01-1212
Parties: Thomas C. KEARNS, Appellant, v. 8911 NORMANDY BEACH, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, LEVY, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 814
Pages: 516–516

Head Matter:
Thomas C. KEARNS, Appellant, v. 8911 NORMANDY BEACH, INC., Appellee.
No. 3D01-1212.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 24, 2002.
Stratton & Feinstein, and Douglas D. Stratton, Miami, Beach, for appellant.
Phillips, Eisinger, Koss, Rothstein & Rosenfeldt, and Jed L. Frankel, Hollywood, for appellee.
Before COPE, LEVY, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See The Florida Bar v. Joy, 679 So.2d 1165, 1167 (Fla.1996) (citing United Am. Bank of Cent. Fla., Inc. v. Seligman, 599 So.2d 1014, 1016 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992)), ("In the absence of an express agreement, written or oral, the law will imply from the circumstances of the escrow that the agent has undertaken a legal obligation (l).to know the provisions and conditions of the principal agreement concerning the escrowed property, and (2) to exercise reasonable skill and ordinary diligence in holding and delivering possession of the escrowed property (i.e., to disburse the escrowed funds) in strict accordance with the principals' agreement.").