DUCHMAN V. DA CUNHA, ET AL.

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed April 4, 2018. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ Nos. 3D17-1356 and 3D17-1005 Lower Tribunal No. 16-1853 ________________ Joseph I. Duchman, Appellant, vs. Rener Da Cunha, et al., Appellees. Appeals from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Maria M. Korvick, Judge. The Bernstein Law Firm, Jason B. Pear and Michael I. Bernstein; Therrel Baisden, P.A., and Jonathan Feuerman, for appellant. Boldt Law Firm, P.A., Mario R. Giommoni and Kimberly L. Boldt (Boca Raton); Hoffman & Hoffman, P.A., Teresa Abood Hoffman, Sean C. Langton, Maggie A. Brito, and John D. Hoffman; Dorot & Bensimon, P.L., and Datan Dorot, for appellees. Before EMAS, FERNANDEZ and LUCK, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Dows v. Nike, Inc., 846 So. 2d 595, 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003) (holding: “Settlement agreements are not considered final when the record establishes the parties’ intent to take further action prior to the completion of a binding agreement. Where essential terms of an agreement remain open, and subject to future negotiation, there can be no enforceable contract.”) (citing Williams v. Ingram, 605 So. 2d 890, 893 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992) and Suggs v. Defranco’s, Inc., 626 So. 2d 1100, 1101 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993)). 2

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