BARTRAM v. U.S. BANK NAT. ASS'N

Nos. SC14-1265, SC14-1266, SC14-1305.

211 So.3d 1009 (2016)

Lewis Brooke BARTRAM, Petitioner, v. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, etc., et al., Respondents. The Plantation at Ponte Vedra, Petitioner, v. U.S. Bank National Association, etc., et al., Respondents. Gideon M.G. Gratsiani, Petitioner, v. U.S. Bank National Association, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kendall B. Coffey , Jeffrey B. Crockett , and Daniel Frederick Blonsky of Coffey Burlington, P.L., Miami, FL; Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik of Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik, P.A., Tampa, FL; Thomas R. Pycraft, Jr. of Pycraft Legal Services, LLC, Saint Augustine, FL; and Michael Alex Wasylik of Ricardo & Wasylik, PL, Dade City, FL, for Petitioner Lewis Brooke Bartram.

Matthew Estevez of Matthew Estevez, P.A., Miami, Florida; and Jason Bravo and Paul Alexander Bravo of P.A. Bravo, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Petitioner Gideon M.G. Gratsiani.

Joel Stephen Perwin of Joel S. Perwin, P.A., Miami, FL, for Petitioner The Plantation at Ponte Vedra, Inc.

Michael Darren Starks and Kelly Overstreet Johnson of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Orlando, FL; William Power McCaughan , Stephanie N. Moot and Karen Poy Finesilver of K & L Gates LLP, Miami, FL; and David R. Fine of K & L Gates LLP, Harrisburg, PA, for Respondent U.S. Bank National Association.

Lynn Drysdale of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., Jacksonville, FL; Thomas A. Cox of The National Consumer Law Center, Portland, ME; J.L. Pottenger, Jr. of Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, New Haven, CT; and James C. Sturdevant of The Sturdevant Law Firm, San Francisco, CA, for Amici Curiae National Association of Consumer Advocates, The National Consumer Law Center, and The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization.

Steven Michael Siegfried , Nicholas David Siegfried , and Nicole Reid Kurtz of Siegfried, Rivera, Hyman, Lerner, De La Torre, Mars & Sobel, P.A., Coral Gables, FL; and Todd L. Wallen of The Wallen Law Firm, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Amicus Curiae Community Associations Institute.

John Granville Crabtree , George Richard Baise, Jr. , and Brian Carson Tackenberg of Crabtree & Associates, P.A., Key Biscayne, FL; Alice Maria Vickers of Florida Alliance for Consumer Protection, Tallahassee, FL; Kimberly Laura Sanchez of Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Orlando, FL; Sarah Elizabeth Mattern of Brevard County Legal Aid, Inc, Rockledge, FL; and Peter P. Sleasman of Florida Legal Services Inc., Newberry, FL, for Amici Curiae Florida Alliance for Consumer Protection, Brevard County Legal Aid, and Consumer Umbrella Group of Florida Legal Services.

Andrew David Manko and John Stewart Mills of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Amici Curiae Upside Property Investment, LLC, Signature Land, Inc., Upside Property Enterprises, Inc., and The Lynne B. Preminger Living Trust.

Major Best Harding and John R. Beranek of Ausley McMullen, Tallahassee, FL; and John Russell Hargrove of Hargrove Pierson & Brown P.A., Boca Raton, FL, for Amicus Curiae Baywinds Community Association, Inc.

Peter David Ticktin , Timothy Richard Quinones , and Kendrick Almaguer of The Ticktin Law Group, P.A., Deerfield Beach, FL, for Amici Curiae Bradford and Cheri Langworthy, and The Ticktin Law Group, P.A.

Robert Rex Edwards and Jessica Pierce Quiggle of Robertson, Anschutz & Schneid, PL, Boca Raton, FL; Melissa A. Giasi and Richard Slaughter McIver of Kass Shuler, P.A., Tampa, FL; Shaib Yariel Rios and Curtis James Herbert of Brock and Scott PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Andrea Rachael Tromberg of Gladstone Law Group, P.A., Boca Raton, FL; Elizabeth Redchuk Wellborn of Elizabeth R. Wellborn, P.A., Deerfield Beach, FL; Michelle Garcia Gilbert and Jennifer Lima-Smith of Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Amicus Curiae American Legal and Financial Network.

Robert Mark Brochin , Joshua Charles Prever , and Brian Michael Ercole of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Miami, FL, for Amicus Curiae Mortgage Bankers Association.

David William Rodstein of Padula Hodkin, PLLC, Boca Raton, Florida; and Jane E. Bond and Robyn Katz of McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC, Orlando FL, for Amicus Curiae U.S. Financial Network.


The issue before the Court involves the application of the five-year statute of limitations to "[a]n action to foreclose a mortgage" pursuant to section 95.11(2)(c), Florida Statutes (2012).1 The Fifth District Court of Appeal relied on this Court's reasoning...

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