Lake Placid Holding Co. v. Paparone, 81-2331

Decision Date28 April 1982
Docket NumberNo. 81-2331,81-2331
Citation414 So.2d 564
PartiesLAKE PLACID HOLDING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Elissa Landi PAPARONE, Respondent.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Julian Clarkson of Holland & Knight, Tampa, for petitioner.

Gerald F. Richman and William C. Hearon of Floyd, Pearson, Stewart, Richman, Greer & Weil, P. A., Miami, for respondent.

RYDER, Acting Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Lake Placid Holding Company (Lake Placid), seeks certiorari review of the trial court's refusal to discharge a lis pendens filed by Elissa Paparone. We find that the lis pendens should have been discharged, and therefore reverse.

Respondent Paparone intervened in pending litigation between petitioner and parties who had agreed to purchase extensive land holdings; she also filed a crossclaim against petitioner. The crossclaim sought, alternatively, to establish an equitable lien against the property, to impose a constructive trust upon the property, to enjoin Lake Placid from disposing of the property, to set aside a settlement agreement between the original parties or to recover damages.

The basis for Paparone's intervention and crossclaim was the substantial interest she claimed to have in the property transaction because she brought the purchasers and Lake Placid together for consummation of the sale. Her claim essentially rested upon a letter from her former husband, the president of Lake Placid, which set forth their agreement in regard to payment of a real estate commission to Paparone. Upon closing, she was to be paid $20,000.00 in cash, in addition to 50% of the profits received.

However, after Paparone was allowed to intervene by court order and agreement of counsel, Lake Placid entered into a settlement agreement which they kept secret from her; this agreement reconveyed the subject property to Lake Placid by a recorded deed. Six days later, the lawsuit pending between Lake Placid and the purchasers of the property was dismissed. Three claims remain pending below. Lake Placid seeks a declaratory judgment stating that no amounts are due Paparone from the agreement stated by letter. Paparone's complaint in intervention and crossclaim allege her entitlement to an interest in the subject property, which had been transferred without her approval or knowledge. In order to further protect her rights and her purported 50% interest in the profits participation agreement, Paparone filed a notice of lis pendens. This lis pendens concerned the property which was originally sold and then reconveyed back to Lake Placid from the purchasers as the basis of their settlement.

In its motion to discharge the lis pendens, Lake Placid contended that (a) the action was not founded on a duly recorded...

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