Separate Claims Cannot Be Added For Jurisictional Purposes

In Bowers v. Parrish, 1D01-3810 (Fla. 1DCA 2003), opinion filed May 6, 2003, the Florida First District Court of Appeal held that separate and distinct claims, even if against the same party, cannot be aggregated in order to meet the jurisdictional monetary threshold of the circuit court.  Rather than dismissal, the action should be transferred to the County Court.