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August 7, 2020 by Jennifer Kennedy

Appeals — Standing — Appellant who is not named party to litigation below and has made no effort to intervene in action or cooperate with complying with trial court’s order directed to plaintiff has no standing to appeal non-final order granting motion to dismiss complaint without prejudice for failure to join appellant as an indispensable party — Certiorari not available as remedy because non-party has not yet been directly affected by trial court’s order

45 Fla. L. Weekly D1844a

Appeals — Standing — Appellant who is not named party to litigation below and has made no effort to intervene in action or cooperate with complying with trial court’s order directed to plaintiff has no standing to appeal non-final order granting motion to dismiss complaint without prejudice for failure to join appellant as an indispensable party — Certiorari not available as remedy because non-party has not yet been directly affected by trial court’s order

ANA M. ESPAILLAT, Appellant, v. SECURITY FIRST INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee. 3rd District. Case No. 3D19-2238. L.T. Case No. 19-14546. August 5, 2020. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Martin Zilber, Judge. Counsel: Giasi Law, P.A., and Melissa A. Giasi and Erin M. Berger (Tampa), for appellant. Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C., and Hope C. Zelinger, Nicole S. Houman and Samantha S. Epstein (Fort Lauderdale), for appellee.

(Before EMAS, C.J., and HENDON and GORDO, JJ.)

(PER CURIAM.) Non-party appellant, Ana Espaillat (“non-party Appellant”), seeks review of a non-final order granting in part Defendant Security First Insurance Company’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff Juan Espiallat’s complaint, without prejudice, for failure to join her as an indispensable party.1 In the alternative, non-party Appellant requests this Court treat her appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari. We dismiss the appeal as taken from a non-final, non-appealable order. See Euceda v. Se. Pers. Leasing, Inc., 33 So. 3d 115 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010); Croes v. Univ. Cmty. Hosp., 886 So. 2d 1040, 1041 n.2 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004); Mendez v. Shoma Dev. Corp., 899 So. 2d 510 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005). More to the point, non-party Appellant is not a named party to the litigation below, and has made no effort to intervene in the action or cooperate in complying with the trial court’s order directed to Plaintiff Juan Espiallat. As such, non-party Appellant has no standing to appeal. See Edwards v. CIT Bank, N.A., 45 Fla. L. Weekly D1405 (Fla. 3d DCA June 10, 2020); Hood v. Union Planters Bank, 941 So. 2d 1175, 1176 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006); Stas v. Posada, 760 So. 2d 954, 955 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999). Certiorari is not available as a remedy because the non-party Appellant has not yet been directly affected by the order below. See Ahlers v. Wilson, 867 So. 2d 524 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004).

Dismissed.

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1The trial court’s order on Security First’s motion to dismiss to allow Plaintiff Jose Espaillat to amend, or alternatively, allow him to move to join Ana Espaillat as a party plaintiff, provides, “Granted in part. Plaintiff has 20 days to either amend the Complaint to add Ana Espaillat as a Plaintiff or produce a release of all claims as to Ana Espaillat. Defendant has 20 days following receipt of the aforementioned to file a response.” The Plaintiff did neither. Instead, non-party Appellant filed this appeal.

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