Case Name: HR MARKETING, INC., Appellant, v. ROI NETWORK, L.L.C.; Myleads, L.L.C.; and Frank Bernal, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-03-29
Citations: 927 So. 2d 972
Docket Number: No. 4D05-2002
Parties: HR MARKETING, INC., Appellant, v. ROI NETWORK, L.L.C.; Myleads, L.L.C.; and Frank Bernal, Appellees.
Judges: WARNER and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 927
Pages: 972–973

Head Matter:
HR MARKETING, INC., Appellant, v. ROI NETWORK, L.L.C.; Myleads, L.L.C.; and Frank Bernal, Appellees.
No. 4D05-2002.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 29, 2006.
Rehearing Denied May 25, 2006.
Steve I. Silverman and Leslie A. Press of Kluger, Peretz, Kaplan & Berlin, P.L., Miami, for appellant.
Gregg W. McClosky and Jennifer J. Kramer of McClosky, D’Anna & Dieterle, LLP., Boca Raton, for appellees.

Opinion:
KLEIN, J.
HR Marketing appeals an order dismissing its complaint which alleged misrepresentation, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, for failure to state a cause of action. We reverse.
The complaint alleged that plaintiff HR Marketing and defendant Bernal each owned fifty percent of ROI Network, L.L.C. and Myleads, L.L.C. Defendants approached plaintiff about purchasing plaintiffs one-half interest in ROI and My-leads. They falsely represented that there was no pending negotiation for a sale of ROI or Myleads to Equifax which induced plaintiff to sell its interest in ROI and Myleads. As part of the transaction plaintiff executed a general release. Several months later, contrary to the representation, Equifax purchased ROI and Myleads.
Defendants rely on the release; however, the allegations of the complaint are that the entire sale, which included the release, was fraudulently induced. The fraud would vitiate the entire transaction. D & M Jupiter, Inc. v. Friedopfer, 853 So.2d 485 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003). We have considered appellees' other arguments for affirming and find them to be without merit. Reversed.
WARNER and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.