19-004876 Mastro Motors, Inc. D/B/A Mastro Imports vs. S And D Subaru, Llc D/B/A Subaru Of Wesley Chapel And Subaru Of America, Inc.
 Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Friday, October 11, 2019.


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1STATE OF FLORIDA

4DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES

11MASTRO MOTORS, INC. d/b/a MASTRO

16IMPORTS

17Petitioner,

18MS-19-843

19S & D SUBARU, LLC d/b/a SUBARU OF Case Nos.: 19-4876

30WESLEY CHAPEL and SUBARU OF

35AMERICA, INC.

37FINAL ORDER NO.:

40DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICL

47FINAL ORDER

49otor Vehicles for entry

53of a final order upon submission of the Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction issued

68October 11, 2019, by the Honorable Hetal Desai, Administrative Law Judge of the Division of

83Administrative Hearings, based on the Petitioner s Notice of Voluntary Dismissal without

95Prejudice filed October 10, 2019, copies of which are attached and incorporated by reference in

110this order.

112The Petitioner DISMISSED and the case

118. If the RespondentsÓ application meets all other requirements of law, the Bureau of

132Dealer Services may issue a license for the proposed new point location as a Subaru franchise

148motor vehicle dealer.

151this _____ day of __________, 2019, at Tallahassee, Leon

160County, Florida.

162Robert Kynoch, Director of Motorist Services

168Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

175Apalachee Parkway

177Tallahassee, Florida 32399

180Page of

182MASTRO MOTORS, INC. v. S & D SUBARU, LLC & SUBARU OF AMERICA, I NC.

197HSMV Case No. MS-19-843

201DOAH Case No. 19-4876

205COPIES FURNISHED this _____ day of __________, 2019, to:

214Joseph R. Gillespie, Agency Clerk J. Andrew Bertron, Esquire

223Department of Highway Safety Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

233and Motor Vehicles 215 South Monroe Street, Suite 400

242Room A432, Mail Stop 2 Tallahassee, Florida 32301-1804

2502900 Apalachee Parkway andy.bertron@nelsonmullins.com

254Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0504 bev.cowart@nelsonmullins.com

258ogcfiling@flhsmv.gov

259joegillespie@flhsmv.gov Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP C. Everett Boyd, Esquire

270Dylan M. Snyder, Esquire 215 South Monroe Street, Suite 400

280Dylan M. Snyder, P.A. Tallahassee, Florida 32301-1804

287201 North Franklin Street, Suite 2880 everett.boyd@nelsonmullins.com

294Tampa, Florida 33602-5102

297dsnyderlaw@aol.com

298Robert A. Shimberg, Esquire

302Kenneth G. Turkel, Esquire Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A.

311Bajo Cuva Cohen & Turkel, P.A. 101 East Kennedy Boulevard

321100 North Tampa Street, Suite 1900 Tampa, Florida 33602-5179

330Tampa, Florida 33602-5853 rshimberg@hwhlaw.com

334kturkel@bajocuva.com regina.bigness@hwhlaw.com

336Ed Broyles, Chief of Dealer Services

342Subaru of America, Inc. Department of Highway Safety

350One Subaru Drive and Motor Vehicles

356Camden, New Jersey 08103-2204 Neil Kirkman Building, Room A-312, MS 65

3672900 Apalachee Parkway

370Scott Fink Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0635

375S & D Subaru, LLC edbroyles@flhsmv.gov

3813936 U.S. Highway 19

385New Port Richey, Florida 34652-6152

390Page of

392MASTRO MOTORS, INC. v. S & D SUBARU, LLC & SUBARU OF AMERICA, I NC.

407HSMV Case No. MS-19-843

411DOAH Case No. 19-4876

415NOTICE OF APPEAL RIGHTS

419A party adversely affected by this final order may seek judicia l review as provided in

435section 120.68, Florida Statutes, and Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.190. Judicial review

448is initiated by filing a notice of appeal with the Agency Clerk , and a copy of the notice of appeal,

468accompanied by the filing fee, with the appropriate district co urt of appeal. The notice of appeal

485must conform to the requirements of Florida Rule of Appellate P rocedure 9.110(d) and must be

501i.e., received by the Agency Clerk) within thirty days of rendition of this final order.

516Filing with the Department s Agency Clerk may be accomplished by U.S. mail, express

530overnight delivery, hand delive ry, facsimile transmission, or e lectronic mail. The address for

544overnight delivery or hand delivery is Joseph Gillespie, DHSMV Agency Clerk, Department of

557Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 2900 Apalachee Parkway, A-43 2, MS-2, Tallahassee,

569Florida 32399. The facsimile num ber is (850) 617-5112. The emai l address is

583OGCFiling@flhsmv.gov

584Page of

586MASTRO MOTORS, INC. v. S & D SUBARU, LLC & SUBARU OF AMERICA, I NC.

601HSMV Case No. MS-19-843

605DOAH Case No. 19-4876

609STATE OF FLORIDA

612DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

616MASTRO MOTORS, INC. d/b/a MASTRO

621IMPORTS,

622Petitioner,

623vs. Case No. 19-4876

627S AND D SUBARU, LLC d/b/a SUBARU

634OF WESLEY CHAPEL AND SUBARU OF

640AMERICA, INC.,

642Respondents.

643_______________________________/

644ORDER CLOSING FILE AND RELINQUISHING JURISDICTION

650This cause having come before the undersigned on Petitioner

659Mastro Motors, Inc., d/b/a Mastro Imports' Notice of Voluntary

668Dismissal Without Prejudice filed October 10, 2019, and the

677undersigned being fully advised, it is, therefore,

684ORDERED that the file of the Division of Administrative

693Hearings is closed. Jurisdiction is relinquished to the

701Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

708DONE AND ORDERED this 11th day of October, 2019, in

718Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.

722S

723HETAL DESAI

725Administrative Law Judge

728Division of Administrative Hearings

732The DeSoto Building

7351230 Apalachee Parkway

738Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060

741(850) 488-9675

743Fax Filing (850) 921-6847

747www.doah.state.fl.us

748Filed with the Clerk of the

754Division of Administrative Hearings

758this 11th day of October, 2019.

764COPIES FURNISHED:

766Joseph R. Gillespie, Agency Clerk

771Department of Highway Safety

775and Motor Vehicles

778Room A432, Mail Stop 2

7832900 Apalachee Parkway

786Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0500

789(eServed)

790Dylan M. Snyder, Esquire

794Dylan Snyder, P.A.

797Suite 2880

799201 North Franklin Street

803Tampa, Florida 33602

806(eServed)

807Kenneth G. Turkel, Esquire

811Bajo, Cuva, Cohen and Turkel, P.A.

817Suite 1900

819100 North Tampa Street

823Tampa, Florida 33602

826(eServed)

827Peter Cook

829Subaru of America, Inc.

833One Subaru Drive

836Camden, New Jersey 08103-2204

840Scott Fink

842S & D Subaru, LLC

8473936 U.S. Highway 19

851New Port Richey, Florida 34652-6152

856J. Andrew Bertron, Esquire

860Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

866Suite 400

868215 South Monroe Street

872Tallahassee, Florida 32301

875(eServed)

876C. Everett Boyd, Esquire

880Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel

885Sun Trust Bank Building, Suite 400

891215 South Monroe Street

895Tallahassee, Florida 32301

898(eServed)

899Robert A. Shimberg, Esquire

903Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A.

908101 East Kennedy Boulevard

912Tampa, Florida 33602

915(eServed)

916STATE OF FLORIDA

919DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

923MASTRO MOTORS INC.,

926d/b/a MASTRO IMPORTS,

929Petitioner,

930vs. Case No: 19-004876

934MS-19-843

935S & D SUBARU INC., d/b/a

941SUBARU OF WESLEY CHAPEL AND

946SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.

950Respondents.

951_____________________________________/

952PETITIONER MASTRO MOTORS INC., d/b/a MASTRO IMPORTS’

959NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE

965Petitioner, MASTRO MOTORS INC., d/b/a MASTRO IMPORTS, by and through its

976undersigned attorneys, pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(a), hereby dismisses

988the above-styled cause of action against Respondents, S & D SUBARU INC., d/b/a SUBARU

1002OF WESLEY CHAPEL AND SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC., without prejudice, and each

1014party shall bear their own attorney’s fees and costs in connection with this matter.

1028Respectfully submitted,

1030/s/ Kenneth Turkel

1033Kenneth G. Turkel (FBN 867223)

1038Bajo Cuva Cohen & Turkel, P.A.

1044100 North Tampa Street, Suite 1900

1050Tampa, FL 33602

1053Telephone: (813) 443-2199

1056Facsimile: (813) 443-2193

1059kturkel@bajocuva.com

1060and

1061/s/ Dylan Snyder

1064Dylan M. Snyder (FBN 0050334)

1069Dylan M. Snyder, P.A.

1073One Tampa City Center

1077201 N. Franklin St., Suite 2880

1083Tampa, FL 33602

1086Telephone: (813) 277-9505

1089Facsimile: (813) 229-7943

1092dsnyderlaw@aol.com

1093Counsel for Petitioner

1096{BC00023383:1}

1097Filed October 10, 2019 4:28 PM Division of Administrative Hearings

1107CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

1110I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished by

1126Electronic Mail, this 10th day of October, 2019, to:

1135Andy Bertron, Esquire

1138C. Everett Boyd, Jr., Esquire

1143andy.bertron@nelsonmullins.com

1144everett.boyd@nelsonmullins.com

1145Counsel for Subaru of America, Inc.

1151Robert A. Shimberg, Esq.

1155Robert.shimberg@hwhlaw.com

1156Counsel for Subaru of Wesley Chapel

1162Joseph Gillespie

1164joe.gillespie@flhsmv.gov and ogcfiling@flhsmv.gov

1167Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles

1174/s/ Kenneth Turkel

1177Attorney

1178{BC00023383:1}

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Proceedings
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Date: 10/16/2019
Proceedings: Agency Final Order
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Date: 10/16/2019
Proceedings: Agency Final Order filed.
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Date: 10/11/2019
Proceedings: Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Date: 10/10/2019
Proceedings: Petitoiner Mastro Motors, Inc., d/b/a Mastro Imports' Notice of Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice filed.
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Date: 10/04/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Telephonic Status Conference (status conference set for October 17, 2019; 11:00 a.m.).
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Date: 09/26/2019
Proceedings: Respondent Subaru of America, Inc.'s Notice of Serving Second Set of Discovery Requests to Petitioner Mastro Motors, Inc., d/b/a Mastro Imports filed.
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Date: 09/26/2019
Proceedings: Respondent Subaru of America, Inc.'s Motion for Bifurcated and Expedited Evidentiary Hearing on Standing filed.
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Date: 09/24/2019
Proceedings: Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Date: 09/20/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (Robert Shimberg) filed.
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Date: 09/20/2019
Proceedings: Respondent Subaru of America, Inc.'s Notice of Serving Discovery Requests to Petitioner Mastro Motors, Inc., d/b/a Mastro Imports filed.
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Date: 09/18/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (C. Boyd) filed.
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Date: 09/18/2019
Proceedings: Notice of Appearance (J. Bertron) filed.
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Date: 09/17/2019
Proceedings: Initial Order.
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Date: 09/17/2019
Proceedings: Agency action letter filed.
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Date: 09/17/2019
Proceedings: Petition/Complaint in Protest of Proposed New Dealership Pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 320.642(3) and 320.699(1)(b) filed.
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Date: 09/17/2019
Proceedings: Agency referral filed.

Case Information

Judge:
HETAL DESAI
Date Filed:
09/17/2019
Date Assignment:
09/17/2019
Last Docket Entry:
10/16/2019
Location:
Tampa, Florida
District:
Middle
Agency:
Other
 

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