Case Name: Francis BRACKETT et ux., Appellants, v. Jerome USDAN, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-03-25
Citations: 382 So. 2d 105
Docket Number: No. 79-1335
Parties: Francis BRACKETT et ux., Appellants, v. Jerome USDAN, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, HUBBART and SCHWARTZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 382
Pages: 105–106

Head Matter:
Francis BRACKETT et ux., Appellants, v. Jerome USDAN, Appellee.
No. 79-1335.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 25, 1980.
Rehearing Denied April 28, 1980.
Horton, Perse & Ginsberg and Arnold R. Ginsberg, Ratiner & Glinn, Miami, for appellants.
Koeppel, Stark & Newmark and Robert Gellman, Miami, for appellee.
Before HENDRY, HUBBART and SCHWARTZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The order under review dismissing the plaintiffs' complaint on res judicata grounds is reversed and the cause remanded to the trial court for further proceedings upon a holding that: (a) the subject complaint fails to allege sufficient facts to establish the defense of res judicata as a bar to this action, and (b) the subject complaint otherwise states a valid cause of action sounding in negligence. This result is compelled by Frank v. Campbell Property Management, Inc., 351 So.2d 364 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977), which, in our view, accurately states the controlling law. This reversal, however, shall be without prejudice to the defendant to raise the affirmative defense of res judicata in his answer upon remand in this cause. Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.110(d).