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- l~irest~ne oii tlit..~ !(ll~?~Iit~ \Vf1I'I'i]i1L}r ~rovisions ut' thc~ 1~t111~Ui'Ill t:ocnm~r•- ~
cial Ccxic 67'l. 2-314, rloi•ida S~~tuccs 19b7). The: tiv.~rrar~ty ~ou~;ht
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to be inv~kcd iti-y caunt five is a cont~~accu~i~ wari~ar~r}? of inercl;~int~ility ~
~ of ~cx~ds v~hich in che language of th~ statute is iii~~lieci i~l a conC~~act - ~
f~;i- tt~eir sale. We do not construe the sales ~vari-an~y provisioi~s ~f
the Unifoi•ni Con~mercial Code as gove.rni~ig the rights arc~ cjuties - '
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u5er has no privit~ of a contract. See I~ord Uiotor C:o, v. ~ Pirtman, - ~
. - 227 So. ?c1 2~6 {l~la. App. 1969); Schuesslzi• v. Caca-Cola I3otrii~g Co. ~
o~ i~~tiami, 279 50. 2d 901 (FZa. App. 19; 3). Section 2-318 of ttie Uni- ~
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- roi•m Commercial Co~e 672. 2-318, Florida Stature~ 196~) e~teiided :
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F _ the beilefits of tfle san?e «<ar?-anty recei~~~,~ by the bu3Te3 ir a contra~r
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f of sale tu rnembers of tl~e family or housei~o~d or guests in the llat~se -
of the ~iyer b}r desigr.ating such persons as thir~~l parcy beneficiari~s
~ of the c~ntract -of saie. By ame~dment in 1967 ti~e rlori~a~ legi~lature -
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- addeci crn~~loyees, servai~tN and~agents ~f the l.~.i}~ei• to ehis group of
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third party beneficiaries b72. 2-3I8, Ploricia Statutes 1)b7). In ai~
- attempt to brin~ plaintiffs into this group of third party_beneficiaries -
- of the sale ~ontx~ac:t betwee~l I=ord and Suni•ise, i.t is alleg~d ic~ counL ~
- - five: tha~ plai~~tiffs ~vei-e emp]oyees of a~~ a~°~~t of Sc~r,rise and as such
w~:re ei~lployei.( b`r the defenciai~t Sun~-i~c to i~iounr tires on ~ti~; eel
- ~~s~EIZ1bIl' 1JI'£'.~'1C~LiSIt' C~2SCr1tX..''t~. rI-I11S al1E.'~',3ClOT? IS CU11tUS1TZ~ S1PCP the
fac~ts allcged fai,l to esra~lish ar,y agency relationship ~etween Su~irise _
~~i1cj ~Iaint~Fi~.' ~t~.ployer ~~cxi~~ear i~or an}' ~i~l~~~~-e~--~~inp~o}Tce rela-
_ tior,st~ip betweei~ Sunrise a~:d plaineiffs. 4'~e affir~n thz ti-ial court's ~ _
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~ ° disn~issal~ of count five of ~he cor~~laint. _ ~
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3 ~ - '1~l~e final judgmen~ appealeci from xs aifirm~ci ii; ~art; reversed :
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ir. part ar.d remand~ to ti~e triai cot~rt for ;~iz•ther proce~ding ~n accord-
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: _ ~J~'~LDE?~ and IX)~'~'~LY, 1J. , concur. . ;
- I= AKNINGTOI~ , nTIS, Associate Judge, concurs in purr; dissents in ~
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