Hollander v. K-Site 400 Associates

Condominium unit buyers, Milton B. Hollander and Betty R. Hollander, appeal an amended final judgment which required escrow agent, Chicago Title, to return only those deposit funds held on the date the lawsuit was served. We reverse and direct the trial court to follow the mandate of this court in Hollander v. K-Site 400 Assocs. Through Ben Franklin Properties 440, Inc., 630 So.2d 1153 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993).

A trial court does not have discretionary authority to alter or modify an appellate court’s mandate. See O.P. Corp. v. Village of N. Palm Beach, 302 So.2d 130 (Fla.1974); Berger v. Leposky,…