3618 Lantana Road Partners, LLC v. Palm Beach Pain Management, Inc.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred by involuntarily dismissing with prejudice appellant’s claims for eviction and breach of contract at the close of appellant’s case-in-chief. We find that the trial court erred, and we reverse.1

Appellant is a partnership of several physicians who own two commercial office buildings. Dr. Rogers, one of the partners, owns appellee Palm Beach Pain Management, which is a tenant in one of the buildings under an eighty-four-month lease executed in February 2003. Under the lease, rent was due to appellant on the first day of the…