Atlantis Estate Acquisitions, Inc. v. DePierro

A landlord appeals the trial court’s final judgment in which it found that the tenant was entitled to the return of what the court found to be advance rent on a theory of unjust enrichment, because the rent was not held in a segregated account pursuant to section 83.49(1), Florida Statutes. The court also denied the landlord’s claim that it was entitled to enforce the tenant’s obligation to pay utilities through the remainder of the lease term, finding only that the landlord was entitled to a small sum for repairs due to damage caused by the tenant. Because the lease term was one year, with…