Wilson Sr. v. Kade

Upon our de novo review, Jackson v. Shakespeare Foundation, Inc., 108 So.3d 587 (Fla. 2013), we affirm the trial court’s order dismissing with prejudice Darrell Keith Wilson, Sr.’s fourth amended third-party complaint against appellee Paul Kade. The trial court concluded, and we agree, that each of the claims asserted therein—even assuming that they stated a cause of action—constituted compulsory counterclaims to a prior action brought by Kade against Wilson. 1 See Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.170(a) (providing: “A pleading must state as a counterclaim any claim which at the time of serving the pleading…