FORD MOTOR CO. v. ATWOOD VACUUM MACHINE CO.

No. 56238.

392 So.2d 1305 (1981)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. ATWOOD VACUUM MACHINE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe E. McDonald of Sanders, McEwan, Mims & McDonald, Orlando, for appellant.

Elmo R. Hoffman and Stephen C. Sawicki of Hoffman, Hendry, Stoner, Sims & Sawicki, Orlando, for appellee.


BOYD, Justice.

This cause is before the Court on appeal from a circuit court order granting Atwood Vacuum Machine Company's motion to dismiss Ford Motor Company's third party complaint for lack of jurisdiction. Because the original plaintiffs reached a settlement with Ford Motor Company after the filing of the third party complaint, the order of dismissal terminated the litigation below and had the effect of a final judgment. In dismissing the Atwood company from...

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