Palm Beach Polo Holdings, Inc. and Double Eagle Yachts, Inc. v. Broward Marine, Inc. and Broward East, Inc.

Challenging an amended final judgment, the appellants (defendants below) argue that the trial court erred in determining that they waived their statute of limitations defense to the appellees’ (plaintiffs below) waste claim by failing to timely raise it and in declining to allow the jury to determine factual issues pertaining to the statute of limitations. We agree. We also avail ourselves of the opportunity to once again stress the tremendous efficacy of The Pretrial Stipulation. 1

Although the underlying claims and litigation history are fairly complex, the facts related to the error are…