Bowers v. Parrish

The trial court correctly concluded that the total amount of damages appellant claimed in good faith from appellee in his complaint for conversion and civil theft fell below the statutory minimum amount necessary to invoke its jurisdiction. See § § 26.012(2)(a) & 34.01(l)(c)4, Fla. Stat. (1999). “Separate and distinct claims, even against the same defendant, cannot be aggregated in order to meet the juris*252dictional threshold.” See Grunewald v. Warren, 655 So.2d 1227, 1230 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995) (citations omitted).

However, as we have held, “a better alternative to dismissal in the event that…