Hazouri v. Maillet

Decision Date08 February 1973
Docket NumberNo. R-53,R-53
Citation276 So.2d 70
PartiesMichael HAZOURI, a minor, through his next friend N. M. Hazouri, and N. M. Hazouri, Petitioners, v. Jeffrey MAILLET and Peninsular Fire Insurance Company, a corporation, Respondents.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

David R. Lewis, of Blalock, Holbrook, Lewis, Paul & Bennett, Jacksonville, for petitioners.

Marion R. Shepard and John M. McNatt, Jr., of Mathews, Osborne & Ehrlich, and Davisson F. Dunlap and Ellis E. Neder, Jr., of Sears, Dunlap & Neder, Jacksonville, for respondents.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioners seek a writ of common law certiorari from an order granting respondent, Peninsular Fire Insurance Company, a separate trial from that of respondent, Jeffrey Maillet.

Certiorari is a discretionary writ issued only where the trial court acts without or in excess of jurisdiction, or where an interlocutory order does not conform to the essential requirements of law and may reasonably cause material injury that cannot be corrected by the remedy of appeal. When the alleged error is procedural, as in this case, the petitioner must demonstrate that the error is fundamental error. Nonfundamental errors of procedure cannot be the subject of a proceeding for writ of certiorari even though the error might be reversible on appeal. We do not feel that the error alleged here is fundamental error or that the trial court's order will cause petitioner material injury. Gulf Cities Gas Corporation v. Cihak, 201 So.2d 250 (2 Fla.App.1967).

The petition for writ of certiorari is denied without prejudice to petitioners' raising the issue upon appeal from final judgment.

SPECTOR, C. J., and RAWLS and JOHNSON, JJ., concur.

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    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
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    ...meaning. Certiorari is the proper remedy when a lower court acts "without or in excess of" its jurisdiction. Hazouri v. Maillet, 276 So.2d 70, 71 (Fla. 1st DCA 1973). See also Valdez v. Chief Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 640 So.2d 1164 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994) (certiorari appropriate remedy ......
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