J.B.J. Investment of South Florida, Inc. v. Maslanka

This petition for writ of certiorari concerns the trial court’s denial of a motion to extend, a lis pendens on property owned by Respondents. See § 48.23(2), Fla. Stat. (2013). The underlying lawsuit ensued after Petitioner loaned money to Respondents; the loan was secured by a mortgage on a number of Respondents’ properties. The problem, according to Petitioner, is that the closing agent improperly drafted the mortgage, such that the commercial property commonly referred to as 6001 Orange Blossom Trail, Intercession City, Florida (“Contested Property”), was not encumbered by the mortgage as…