ARTZ EX REL. ARTZ v. CITY OF TAMPA

No. 2D11-4208.

102 So.3d 747 (2012)

Sylvia ARTZ for Carl ARTZ, deceased, Leroy Bell, Pete Botto, David Byrd, Craig Channell, Vince Genco, John Mincy, Billy Mitchell, Irving Lee Pack, Dana Patrico, Alice Stehlin, Marcus Stokes, John Amero, Larry Anthony, Paul Beery, Jim Bledsoe, Ronnie Booth, Dale Bowe, Larry Brown, David Clark, Jeffery Cunningham, Dale Fields, Leon Harrell, Dennis Hogan, Paul Hughes, John Hurley, David Keene, Eugene Lenihan, Donald Perkins, William Roney, Bruce Savage, James Strickland, Joseph Wooles, Walter Yancey, Anthony Ziemack, Russel Bevan, Carlos Borges, Robert Cole, John Counsman, Jeffery Donnelly, Bennie Holder, Andrew Matthews, Ann Mcaffee, Christopher Milana, Linda Milana, Earl Pegram, III, Richard Robinson, Jack Thompson, Peter Ambraz, David Bair, Tom Beury, Earl Bingle, James Bryan, Jr., Michael Bucey, John Bushell, Anthony Cangelosi, Douglas Cook, Stanley Dennison, William Dial, Sam Diaz, Kenneth Dodge, James Esto, Christopher Fox, Woodrow Hill, Dennis Huerta, Sam Jones, Jr., George Lease, James Lefevre, Ray Mims, Patrick Minnax, Keen Newcomb, Billy Packard, Terrance Payne, Robert Pennington, Michael Peterson, Larry Pinkerton, James Preston, Robert Price, Thomas Ressler, Gary Roo, Walter Scoville, Robert Seal, Walter Sluga, Jr., John Small, Michael Smith, David Stead, Andrew Stertzer, Ill, Bert Terwilliger, Thomas Thayer, Bruce Vickers, Mary Rendall-Walker, Daniel Willey, Beverly Youngblood, Terry Youngblood, John Sims, Sr., and James A. Miltner, Appellants, v. CITY OF TAMPA, a Florida municipality; The Board Of Trustees Of the City Pension Fund For the Firefighters and Police Officers In The City Of Tampa; The International Association Of Firefighters, Local 754; and West Central Florida Police Benevolent Association, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell L. Feldman of Feldman, Fox & Morgado, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants.

Thomas M. Gonzalez of Thompson Sizemore Gonzalez & Hearing, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee City of Tampa.

Patrick H. Gonyea of DLD Lawyers, Coral Gables ; and Edwin Cruz of Vernis & Bowling of Miami, P.A., Miami (withdrew after briefing), for Appellee The Board of Trustees of the City Pension Fund for the Firefighters and Police Officers in the City of Tampa.

Robert D. Klausner and Shaun H. Malvin of Klausner & Kaufman, P.A., Plantation, for Appellees West Central Florida Police Benevolent Association & The International Association of Firefighters, Local 754.


LaROSE, Judge.

Appellants, a group of approximately 100 retired Tampa police and firefighters (the Retirees), appeal the trial court's final order dismissing their lawsuit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We have jurisdiction, see Fla. R.App. P. 9.030(b)(1)(A), and reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Procedurally, this case finds itself before us after the trial court granted, without elaboration...

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