HUFF GROVES TRUST v. CAULKINS INDIANTOWN CITRUS CO.

No. 4D01-3536.

829 So.2d 923 (2002)

HUFF GROVES TRUST; Vista Packing Company; Dearhardt Groves, Inc.; T & T Enterprises; Gardner Harvesting Inc.; and Nevins Fruit Co., Inc., Appellants, v. CAULKINS INDIANTOWN CITRUS CO., a Delaware corporation; Via North American, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and Copagnie Financiere de Paribas, as successor in interest to Compagnie de Navigation Mixte, a foreign corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell S. Bohn of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., and Ellen F. Brandt of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.

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


STONE, J.

Huff Groves Trust, Vista Packing Company, Dearhardt Groves, Inc., T & T Enterprises, Gardner Harvesting, Inc., and Nevins Fruit Co., Inc. (Plaintiffs) appeal the final summary judgment entered against them and in favor of Via North America, Inc. (VNA) and Compagnie Financiere de Paribas (BNP). We affirm.

Caulkins, a subsidiary of VNA and BNP, operates a citrus processing facility in Indiantown. Each growing season, Caulkins purchases fruit from...

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