Legal Opinion
STAND UP FOR ANIMALS, INC. v. Monroe County
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 14, 2011No. 3D11-316PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLS, Chief Judge.
Stand Up for Animals, Inc. (“SUFA”), the defendant below, appeals from a non-final order denying its motion to dissolve a prejudgment, ex parte injunction freezing the assets in two of its Florida bank accounts. Because a prejudgment asset-freeze is impermissible where, as here, the plaintiff has an adequate remedy at law, we reverse. See Lopez-Ortiz v. Centrist Sav. Bank, 546 So.2d 1126, 1127 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989) (recognizing that in order to obtain a prejudgment injunction freezing bank assets, the movant must establish “the likelihood of irreparable harm because of the…
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