George G. Sharp, Inc. v. Doric Marine, Inc., 88-1934
Decision Date | 04 April 1989 |
Docket Number | No. 88-1934,88-1934 |
Citation | 14 Fla. L. Weekly 851,544 So.2d 228 |
Parties | 14 Fla. L. Weekly 851 GEORGE G. SHARP, INC., Appellant, v. DORIC MARINE, INC., Appellee. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Thornton, David & Murray and Terry L. Redford, and Linda Ann Singer, Miami, for appellant.
Holland & Knight and John Campbell, Miami, for appellee.
Before FERGUSON, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510(c), requires that a motion for summary judgment "state with particularity the grounds upon which it is based and the substantial matters of law to be argued." Where, as here, the motion and affidavits are based only on a statute of limitations defense, the movant is not entitled to a summary judgment based on laches, a different affirmative defense. See 35 Fla.Jur.2d Limitations and Laches § 93 (1982) (citing Cook v. Central & S. Fla. Flood Control Dist., 114 So.2d 691 (Fla. 2d DCA 1959)) (laches must be plead affirmatively). See also, Note, The Doctrine of Laches in Florida: A Statutory Hybrid, 13 Stetson L.Rev. 446, 449 (1984) () (citing Wiggins v. Lykes Bros., 97 So.2d 273 (Fla.1957); Tower v. Moskowitz, 262 So.2d 276 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 268 So.2d 906 (Fla.1972)).
Reversed and remanded for further consistent proceedings.
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