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ALEVIZOS v. JOHN D. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

No. 97-3215

764 So.2d 8 (1999)

John P. ALEVIZOS, Appellant, v. The JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MacARTHUR FOUNDATION, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, Abacoa Development Company, a Delaware corporation, and F.O.D., Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 24, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Mariani, and Alexander D. del Russo of Levy, Kneen, Mariani, Curtin, Wiener, Kornfeld & del Russo, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

D. Culver Smith, III, and Elizabeth D. Stone of Holland & Knight LLP, West Palm Beach, for appellee The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation.

Donald R. Bicknell, Jr. of Gary, Dytrych & Ryan, P.A., North Palm Beach, for appellees Abacoa Development Company, a Delaware corporation, and F.O.D., Inc., a Florida corporation.

GROSS, J.

John Alevizos appeals an order granting appellees' motion to dismiss his complaint for failure to state a cause of action. We hold that the complaint failed to state a claim for misappropriation of an idea and for a contract implied in law and affirm.

To rule on a motion to dismiss, a court's gaze is limited to the four corners of the complaint, including the attachments incorporated in it, and all well pleaded allegations are taken as true. See...

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