Case Name: Ricardo KARAKADZE, et al., Appellants, v. Enrique QUINOA, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-02-11
Citations: 593 So. 2d 596
Docket Number: No. 91-1287
Parties: Ricardo KARAKADZE, et al., Appellants, v. Enrique QUINOA, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 593
Pages: 596–596

Head Matter:
Ricardo KARAKADZE, et al., Appellants, v. Enrique QUINOA, Appellee.
No. 91-1287.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 11, 1992.
Rehearing Denied March 17, 1992.
Carlos A. Lopez, Jr., Miami and Virginia M. Best, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.
Jerry Turner, Miami, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Directly contrary to the ruling below, the officers and directors of a dissolved corporation are not ipso facto liable for an obligation of the corporation incurred prior to its dissolution. Compare § 607.271(5), Fla. Stat. (1989) (repealed 1990; current version at § 607.1430, Fla.Stat. (1991)); § 607.397, Fla.Stat. (1989) (repealed 1990; current version at § 607.0204, Fla.Stat. (1991)); Anderson v. Hillsborough Sheet Metal, Inc., 513 So.2d 1359 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987) (personal liability imposed for debt incurred after dissolution of corporation). The summary judgment upon review, which was based upon the opposite determination, is therefore reversed, and the cause is remanded with directions appropriately to consider the claim that the individual appellants are liable as distributees, or for violation of their duties as trustees of the assets of the dissolved corporation. See § 607.-301, Fla.Stat. (1989) (repealed 1990); Kyle v. Stewart, 360 F.2d 753 (5th Cir.1966); Gould v. Brick, 358 F.2d 437 (5th Cir.1966); Trueman Fertilizer Co. v. Allison, 81 So.2d 734 (Fla.1955); Southern Life Ins. & Trust Co. v. Lanier, 5 Fla. 110 (1853).
Reversed and remanded with directions.