VOCELLE & BERG, L.L.P. v. IMG CITRUS, INC.

No. 4D12-2815.

125 So.3d 843 (2013)

VOCELLE & BERG, L.L.P., Appellant, v. IMG CITRUS, INC., Claude Edward Meadows, III, as Trustee of the Claude E. Meadows Revocable Living Trust, and Frank H. Fee, III, Esq., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Berg of Vocelle & Berg, L.L.P, Vero Beach, for appellant.

Jennifer S. Eden and Christina Y. Taylor of Latham, Shuker, Eden & Beaudine, LLP, Orlando for appellee, IMG Citrus, Inc.


PER CURIAM.

When a contract's terms are not susceptible to more than one meaning, a court may not indulge in interpretation or resort to extrinsic evidence. Because the terms of the contract at issue are unambiguous, we find that the court below erred in looking outside of the document itself and relying on extrinsic evidence which directly contradicted the terms of the agreement. Accordingly, we reverse. Because we find that the trial court erred here, Vocelle &...

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