Okeechobee Resorts, L.L.C. v. E Z Cash Pawn, Inc.

HANZMAN, MICHAEL, Associate Judge.

Introduction

This case — like many preceding it — involves claims seeking to enforce an alleged oral modification of a written contract which expressly prohibits any parol alteration of its terms and conditions. The transaction at issue (a pawn contract) also is subject to the “Florida Pawnbroking Act,” which in pertinent part requires that extensions of a default date (the type of modification appellant sought to enforce here) be “evidenced by a written memorandum.” § 539.001(ll)(b), Fla. Stat. (2011). Given this legislative edict and the bargain struck by…