Case Name: U. S. STEEL SUPPLY, DIVISION OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. BILL RIVERS CORPORATION, a Florida Corporation, a/k/a Bill Rivers Trailers, Inc.; Ryder Truck Lines, a Florida Corporation; and Atlanta Metal Products, Inc., a Georgia Corporation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-02-21
Citations: 381 So. 2d 268
Docket Number: No. OO-258
Parties: U. S. STEEL SUPPLY, DIVISION OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. BILL RIVERS CORPORATION, a Florida Corporation, a/k/a Bill Rivers Trailers, Inc.; Ryder Truck Lines, a Florida Corporation; and Atlanta Metal Products, Inc., a Georgia Corporation, Appellees.
Judges: ERVIN, SHIVERS and SHAW, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 381
Pages: 268–269

Head Matter:
U. S. STEEL SUPPLY, DIVISION OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. BILL RIVERS CORPORATION, a Florida Corporation, a/k/a Bill Rivers Trailers, Inc.; Ryder Truck Lines, a Florida Corporation; and Atlanta Metal Products, Inc., a Georgia Corporation, Appellees.
No. OO-258.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 21, 1980.
Rehearing Denied March 27, 1980.
Haywood M. Ball and Douglas D. Chunn of Ulmer, Murchison, Ashby & Ball, Jacksonville, for appellant.
Martin Sack, Jr., Jacksonville, for Bill Rivers Corp., appellee.
Walter R. Stedeford, Jacksonville, for Ryder Truck Lines, appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This cause was tried before the circuit judge, without a jury upon (1) the original claim asserted by the plaintiff, U. S. Steel Supply; (2) the counterclaim asserted by the defendant, Bill Rivers Corporation, against the plaintiff U. S. Steel; (3) the cross-claim asserted by the plaintiff U. S. Steel against Ryder Truck Lines, Inc., and Atlanta Metal Products, Inc.; (4) the cross-claim for indemnity brought by the defendant, Atlanta Metal against the defendant, Ryder Truck Lines, Inc.; and (5) the counterclaim asserted by defendant Atlanta Metal against the plaintiff U. S. Steel.
The appellant, U. S. Steel Supply, brings this appeal from a final judgment entered April 13, 1979. The order is affirmed with the exception of the ruling that the interstate commerce nature of the shipment precluded application of § 353.03, Florida Statutes (1977). This ruling was error. Allied Van Lines v. Brewer, 258 So.2d 496 (Fla.2d DCA 1972). The judge's failure to award attorney's fees based upon the erroneous ruling is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
ERVIN, SHIVERS and SHAW, JJ., concur.