Bishop v. State Farm Florida Insurance Co.

Having considered the appellants’ response to this Court’s order of December 30, 2005, as well as the attached documents, this appeal is hereby DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction. See Hemmerle v. Miceli, 445 So.2d 1151 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984). The order captioned “Final Judgment on Default,” entered on August 9, 2005, reserved jurisdiction to address unliquidated damages and prejudgment interest. Therefore, the Final Judgment on Default is not a final order. Couch v. Tropical Breeze Resort Ass’n, Inc., 867 So.2d 1219 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004) (recognizing reservation of jurisdiction over substantive…