FURST v. DEFRANCES

No. SC19-701.

332 So.3d 951 (2021)

Bill FURST, etc., et al., Petitioners, v. Susan K. DEFRANCES, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Geoffrey Pflugner , Anthony J. Manganiello , Jason A. Lessinger , and Mark C. Dungan of Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A., Sarasota, Florida, for Petitioner, Bill Furst, as Property Appraiser of Sarasota County, Florida.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Robert P. Elson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Petitioner, Jim Zingale, as Executive Director of the State of Florida Department of Revenue.

Sherri L. Johnson of Johnson Legal of Florida, P.L., Sarasota, Florida, for Respondent, Susan K. DeFrances.

Loren E. Levy and Stuart W. Smith of The Levy Law Firm, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae The Property Appraisers' Association of Florida, Inc.


This case pits a property appraiser against a taxpayer. The property appraiser undervalued and undertaxed the taxpayer's property, the taxpayer paid her tax bill, and then the property appraiser assessed back taxes after discovering his (purportedly) clerical error. The Second District Court of Appeal invalidated the back-assessment...

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