Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-15 16:03:33.450021+00
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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                        STATE OF FLORIDA
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                        Case Nos. 6D23-1537, 6D23-1570
                              CONSOLIDATED
                     Lower Tribunal No. 2021-CA-010641-O
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                   MERCURY INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA,

                                     Appellant,

                                         v.

                               CATHERINE THOMAS,

                                     Appellee.

                        _____________________________

Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the Circuit Court for Orange County.
                           Denise Kim Beamer, Judge.

                                December 15, 2023

PER CURIAM.

      In this consolidated appeal, Mercury Indemnity Company of America

(“Mercury”) appeals two non-final orders denying its motion to compel appraisal.1

As to case number 6D23-1537, we affirm without further discussion. With respect

to case number 6D23-1570, the trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter the subsequent

order clarifying or modifying the prior order because the appeal of the prior order

      1
       These cases were transferred from the Fifth District Court of Appeal to this
Court on January 1, 2023.
was pending. See Heritage Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Williams, 338 So. 3d 1119,

1121–22 (Fla. 1st DCA 2022). Therefore, we reverse and remand with instructions

to vacate the subsequent order.

      AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED and REMANDED in part.

WHITE, SMITH and MIZE, JJ., concur.

Frank A. Zacherl and Oliver Sepulveda, of Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Miami, and
Alyssa L. Corey, of Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Tampa, for Appellant.

Jacob Phillips and Amy L. Judkins, of Normand PLLC, Orlando, for Appellee.

 NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
          AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED

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