Opinion ID: 854849
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Heading: Bray’s Rescission Claim

Text: 6 Case: 12-14797 Date Filed: 03/11/2013 Page: 7 of 11 Bray also argues that the district court erred in dismissing his rescission claim. Florida law does recognize a cause of action for rescission. See Billian v. Mobil Corp., 710 So. 2d 984, 990 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). To state a claim for rescission of a contract under Florida law, a plaintiff must plead, among other things, “an offer to restore . . . benefits” furnished under the contract by the defendant, “if restoration is possible.” Id. at 991. Here, as noted by the district court, Bray failed to plead a cognizable claim for rescission because he offered to restore only “funds paid by ODYSSEY to BRAY in excess of that which ODYSSEY owed to BRAY” without also pleading that restoration of the full £11,000 he received under the written contract was impossible. See id. Thus, the district court properly dismissed Bray’s rescission count for failure to state a claim. See id. The district court properly dismissed this count with prejudice because Bray’s complaint was counseled; the district court had previously admonished Bray regarding the elements of a rescission claim; Bray had already been allowed to amend his complaint in response to Odyssey’s motion for judgment on the pleadings; and Bray did not request the opportunity to further amend his complaint in response to Odyssey’s motion to dismiss. See Wagner, 314 F.3d at 542.