Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation v. John R. Handy Latisha Sneed

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA MORTGAGE GUARANTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND Appellant, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

v. CASE NO. 1D17-0322

JOHN R. HANDY & LATISHA SNEED,

Appellees. _____________________________/ Opinion filed October 16, 2017.

An appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Duval County. Thomas Beverly, Judge.

David M. Snyder, David M. Snyder Professional Association, Tampa, Susan B. Morrison of the Law Offices of Susan B. Morrison, P.A., Tampa, and Joshua D. Moore of the Law Offices of Daniel C. Consuegra, Tampa, for Appellant.

No appearance for Appellees.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Higgins v. Dyck-O’Neal, Inc., 201 So. 3d 157 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016) (holding that a party is not entitled to pursue a separate action for deficiency judgment where the foreclosure complaint includes a prayer for a *2 deficiency judgment and the foreclosure court reserves jurisdiction to enter a deficiency judgment); see also Dyck-O’Neal, Inc. v. Lanham, 214 So. 3d 802 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017) (certifying conflict between this Court’s decision in Higgins and decisions by the other four district courts of appeal). ROBERTS, BILBREY, and KELSEY, JJ., CONCUR.