Legal Opinion
ACT Services, Inc. v. School Board of Miami-Dade County
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 10, 2010No. 3D09-2879PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSalter, J.
A general contractor, ACT Services, Inc., and its surety, The American Insurance Company (AIC), seek a writ of certio-rari regarding a trial court order severing for separate trials the School Board of Miami-Dade County’s claims against the petitioners. Because the issues and facts involved in each set of claims overlap and are intertwined, we grant the petition and vacate that portion of the order severing the claims for separate trials.
From commencement in mid-2006 through early 2009, the underlying lawsuit (by the School Board as plaintiff) proceeded as a garden variety set of claims…
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