ALVAREZ, FELTMAN & DA SILVA, P.L., N/K/A ALVAREZ, FELTMAN, DA SILVA & COSTA, P.L. v. BIG PINE GAS & FOOD, INC. ( 2022 )

Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed July 13, 2022.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D21-1236
Lower Tribunal No. 19-248-K
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Alvarez Feltman & Da Silva, P.L., n/k/a
Alvarez, Feltman, Da Silva & Costa, P.L.,
Appellant,
vs.
Big Pine Gas & Food, Inc.,
Appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Timothy J.
Koenig, Judge.
Alvarez, Feltman, Da Silva & Costa, P.L., and Paul B. Feltman, for
appellant.
Davis Goldman, PLLC, and Jason N. Goldman and Maidenly
Macaluso, for appellee.
Before EMAS, HENDON and BOKOR, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Destin Pointe Owners’ Ass’n, Inc. v. Destin Parcel 160,
LLC, 276 So. 3d 490, 491 n.2 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019) (explaining that on
summary judgment, an appellate court is obligated to “affirm a trial court that
‘reaches the right result, but for the wrong reasons’ if there is ‘support for the
alternative theory or principle of law in the record before the trial court’”)
(quoting Shands Teaching Hosp. & Clinics, Inc. v. Mercury Ins. Co. of Fla.,
97 So. 3d 204, 212 (Fla. 2012)); State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. M & E
Diagnostic Servs., Inc., 327 So. 3d 363, 365 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) (noting that
speculation, surmise, and conjecture are legally insufficient to create a
disputed issue of fact in opposition to a motion for summary judgment); see
also Rosenberg v. Levin, 409 So. 2d 1016, 1021 (Fla. 1982) (adopting the
modified quantum meruit rule which limits recovery to the maximum amount
of the contract fee in all premature discharge cases involving fixed and
contingency employment contracts); Brickell Place Condo. Ass’n, Inc. v.
Joseph H. Ganguzza & Assocs., P.A., 31 So. 3d 287, 290 (Fla. 3d DCA
2010) (same).
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