Early Auction Co. v. Koelzer

This appeal arises from a lawsuit brought by the plaintiff Leo Koelzer, a Broward County resident, against Early Auction Company, an Ohio auction house, for negligently representing that a lamp which the plaintiff bid on and purchased was an authentic Tiffany Studios lamp. The auction was held in Kentucky, but the plaintiff bid telephonically from his Florida home through an Early Auction employee and won the bid on the lamp. Months later, the plaintiff found out that the Tiffany Studios Lamp sold by Early Auction was a fake. Early Auction appeals the trial court’s denial of its motion to…