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FIRST AMERICAN HOLDINGS v. PRECLUDE, INC.

No. 2D06-317.

955 So.2d 1231 (2007)

FIRST AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC., a Florida corporation; and First American Banking Corporation, Appellants, v. PRECLUDE, INC., a Florida corporation; and Arnold, Matheny & Eagan, P.A., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey Todd Hodges of G.T. Hodges, P.A., Lutz, for Appellants.

John Calhoun Bales and Kimberly S. Mello of John Bales Attorneys, St. Petersburg, for Appellee Arnold, Matheny & Eagan, P.A.

No appearance for Appellee Preclude, Inc.

DAVIS, Judge.

First American Holdings, Inc., and First American Banking Corporation (collectively, "the Bank") challenge the final judgment dissolving a writ of garnishment. The issue presented here is whether an attorney who is holding a client's funds in the attorney's trust account must, upon receipt of a writ of garnishment, stop payment on a check drawn on those funds and delivered to the payee client. While we certify the issue as a matter of great public importance...

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