Acmar Engineering Corp. v. Farrington

HERSEY, Judge.

Relying on Donaldson Engineering, Inc. v. City of Plantation, 326 So.2d 209 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976) the trial court determined that it had no jurisdiction to modify the terms of a final judgment where that judgment reserved jurisdiction merely “for enforcement of the Final Judgment.”

Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to assume or exercise jurisdiction.

The distinction between Donaldson and this case is that the former involved a final judgment whereas the present case originally terminated in the issuance of a mandatory injunction. It was early determined…