CAULKINS INDIATOWN CITRUS CO. v. NEVINS FRUIT CO., INC.

Nos. 4D01-312, 4D01-363.

831 So.2d 727 (2002)

CAULKINS INDIANTOWN CITRUS CO., a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. NEVINS FRUIT CO., INC.; Huff Groves; Lloyds Citrus; Vista PAcking Company; H Dearhardt Groves, Inc.; T Gardner Harvesting, Inc.; Hubert Graves, Jr. and Box Ranch, a Florida corporation; Via Tropical Fruits, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Via North American, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and Compagnie de Navigation Mixte, a company organized under the laws of the Nation of France, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Dikeman and Eugene E. Stearns of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Jack Scarola and Ellen F. Brandt of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. and Barbara J. Compiani of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees Nevins, Huff, Vista & Dearhardt.


HAZOURI, J.

Huff Groves, Vista Packing Co., Dearhardt Groves, Inc. and Nevins Fruit Co., Inc. (Plaintiffs) filed suit against Caulkins Indiantown Citrus Company ("Caulkins") for breach of standard form fruit participation contracts. The case proceeded to a jury trial and at the close of the Plaintiffs' evidence, the trial court entered a directed verdict and final judgment in favor of Caulkins and against Plaintiff, Nevins Fruit. Nevins Fruit timely appeals from this...

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