PROPERTY RIGHTS PROT. GROUP v. TAMPA

No. 92-02543.

627 So.2d 61 (1993)

PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION GROUP, INC., a nonprofit Florida corporation; H. Thomas Lewis, individually; St. Petersburg Automobile Museum, Inc., a Florida corporation; and Thelma A. Robinson, individually, and John Doty, Individually, Appellants, v. CITY OF TAMPA, a municipal corporation; City of Tampa Municipal Code Enforcement Board; and Hillsborough County, Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Kickliter, Tampa, for appellants.

Pamela K. Akin, City Atty., and Tyron Brown, Asst. City Atty., Tampa, for appellee City of Tampa.

Theodore C. Taub, Tampa, for appellee City of Tampa Code Enforcement Bd.

Christine M. Beck, Asst. County Atty., Tampa, for appellees Hillsborough County Enforcement Bd. and County of Hillsborough.

John J. Copelan, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, and Herbert W.A. Thiele, Tallahassee, for amicus curiae FL Ass'n of County Attys., Inc.

Harry Morrison, Jr., Gen. Counsel, and Nancy Stuparich, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, for amicus curiae FL League of Cities.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

The plaintiffs appeal an order dismissing their amended complaint with prejudice. Although the trial court properly dismissed this complaint, we conclude that it should have given the plaintiffs the right to file another amended complaint. On remand, the trial court may exercise its discretion to sever aspects of this multiparty proceeding in an effort to narrow and simplify the issues.

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