HOSELINE, INC. v. U.S.A. DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 93-3376.

40 F.3d 1198 (1994)

HOSELINE, INC., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. U.S.A. DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Counter-Claimant, Paul G. Davis, Defendant-Appellant, Candace Davis, his wife, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Byrd, Jr., Schoene, Byrd & Palmer, Winter Park, FL, for appellant.

Robert W. Smith, Orlando, FL, for appellee.

Before HATCHETT and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and YOUNG, Senior District Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case, we reverse the district court's judgment because Florida's "economic loss doctrine" bars the appellee's recovery of damages for common law fraud and civil theft based upon a breach of contract.

BACKGROUND

In March, 1989, appellee, Hoseline, Inc., a Florida corporation which manufactures automobile parts, entered into an agreement with appellant, Paul G. Davis...

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