Weston Orlando Park, Inc. v. Fairwinds Credit Union
Decision Date | 27 April 2012 |
Docket Number | No. 5D11–2260.,5D11–2260. |
Citation | 86 So.3d 1186 |
Parties | WESTON ORLANDO PARK, INC., et al., Appellant, v. FAIRWINDS CREDIT UNION, Appellee. |
Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
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David H. Simmons, Daniel J. O'Malley, and C. Brent Wardrop, of de Beaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal, LLP, Orlando, for Appellant.
Jennifer K. Birmingham, and Philip D. Storey, of Alvarez, Sambol & Winthrop, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee.
Weston Orlando Park, Inc., Weston Orlando Hotel, Inc., Weston Orlando Five, Inc., Pablo A. Marulanda, Alicia Marulanda, and Fugleberg Koch Architects, Inc. appeal from a final summary judgment of foreclosure entered in favor of Fairwinds Credit Union. We affirm in all respects, except as to the trial court's reservation of jurisdiction regarding Fairwinds's claims for breach of the promissory notes.
The trial court could not reserve jurisdiction on Fairwinds's claims for breach of the promissory notes, separate from the claims for foreclosure, because the debt represented by the notes had merged into the final judgment. The doctrine of merger provides that when a valid and final judgment is rendered in favor of a plaintiff, the original debt or cause of action upon which an adjudication is predicated merges into the final judgment, and, consequently, the cause's independent existence terminates. Diamond R. Fertilizer Co., Inc. v. Lake Packing P'ship, 743 So.2d 547, 548 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999); see Vernon v. Serv. Trucking, Inc., 565 So.2d 905, 906 (Fla. 5th DCA 1990) (). As such, the promissory notes and the mortgages merged into the final judgment. Nack Holdings, LLC v. Kalb, 13 So.3d 92, 94 n. 2 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009) (). And, a subsequent action for the same cause on the notes and mortgages is barred. 32 Fla. Jur. 2d Judgment and Decree § 116 (1994); see Sunshine Utils. Equip., Inc. v. Treasure Coast Utils., Inc., 421 So.2d 1096 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982).
However, Fairwinds continues to have a right to pursue a deficiency judgment against the obligors and to demand the remaining indebtedness from the Marulandas under the guaranty agreements. See LPP Mortg. Ltd. v. Cacciamani, 924 So.2d 930, 931 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) ( ); Kurkjian v. Fish Carburetor Corp., 145...
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