Leasing Company Seeks Supreme Court Review
Matrix Leasing Company has filed a notice to invoke the discretionary jurisdiction of the Florida Supreme Court in Blue Stone Real Estate v. Ward, a 7/20/2007 decision from the First DCA which I wrote about here. You may recall that in that case the First District held that Ward, an employee of Matrix whose services were leased to E&L Concrete Pumping, Inc., remained an employee of Matrix even though E&L had requested that its account with Matrix be considered "inactive." Why? Because Matrix did not notify Ward that its leasing contract with E&L had been terminated as required by §468.525(4)(f).
Matrix alleges that the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review the First DCA's decision on the grounds that it conflicts with one of the First DCA's own previous decisions and because the decision "expressly declares valid a state statute." See Art. V, §3(b)(3), Fla. Const.; Fla. R. App. P. 9.030(a)(2)(A)(i). You can read Matrix's brief on jurisdiction here.
Both Ward and Blue Stone dispute these asserted bases for jurisdiction. You can read their jurisdictional briefs here and here.
