SOUNDBAR, LLC, Appellant, v. BYM COMMERCIAL, JARED TAWASHA AND CARLOS ALVARADO, Appellees., 328 So. 3d 1097

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HOLDINGS: [1]-In entering a final judgment for possession in favor of the landlord in its commercial eviction action, the trial court did not err by failing to determine at the hearing which lease governed and whether the force majeure provision reduced the amount owed, because based on the plain language of § 83.232, Fla. Stat. (2020), a full evidentiary hearing was not warranted, and the tenant's defenses other than payment should be addressed later in the proceedings; [2]-Although the trial court erred in including the individual defendants in the order to deposit funds into the court registry without first holding an evidentiary hearing to determine whether they were tenants under the governing contract, the individual defendants had not appealed the order holding them liable for rent, and the tenant was not permitted to raise grounds for reversal on behalf of non-appealing parties.