JENNE v. CHURCH & TOWER INC.

No. 4D01-3860.

814 So.2d 522 (2002)

Ken JENNE, as Sheriff of Broward County, Florida, Appellant, v. CHURCH & TOWER, INC., a Florida corporation, Broward County, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Pozzuoli and Alexis M. Yarbrough, Tripp Scott, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Mitchell W. Berger, David L. Ferguson, and Jeffrey S. Wertman of Berger Singerman, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee Church & Tower, Inc., a Florida corporation.


GROSS, J.

The issue in this case is whether the Sheriff of Broward County is a third-party beneficiary of a construction contract between the County and a construction company, so that the Sheriff may bring a breach of contract action against the company. We hold that, as a matter of law, the Sheriff was not an intended third-party beneficiary of the contracting parties, and affirm the dismissal of the amended complaint.

On February 8, 1996, Church & Tower...

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