Crowe v. Crowe

Appellant, plaintiff below, suffered an involuntary dismissal1 at the close of his ease in chief during the non-jury trial of this declaratory judgment action. Under the well established law of this jurisdiction, a motion for involuntary, dismissal made by *1184the defendant at the close of the plaintiffs case in chief must be denied if the competent substantial evidence then before the court, considered in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, establishes a prima facie case. See Tillman, 260 So.2d at 511-12; Bottalico, 695 So.2d at 363 (citation omitted); Valdes v. Association I.N.E.D.,…