Bills v. Legri S. Resistor Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERT M. GROSS, County Judge.

This case came before the Court upon Plaintiffs Motion to Dismiss Counterclaim for Damages and Defendant’s Motion to Consolidate or Transfer.

Counts I and II of Plaintiffs Complaint seek possession of real property. The tenancy at issue is a commercial tenancy. Therefore, Part I of Chapter 83, Florida Statutes controls this proceeding. Defendant’s Answer included a counterclaim seeking “compensatory and punitive *159damages in excess of $1,000,000.00” The gravaman of the Counterclaim is as follows:

4. During the term of the lease Counterclaim…