MUSIC ROYALTY CONSULTING INC v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

MUSIC ROYALTY CONSULTING, INC., Appellant, v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS, Appellee.

No. 3D24-0024

Decided: February 26, 2025

Before LINDSEY, BOKOR and GOODEN, JJ.

Shahady & Wurtenberger, P.A., and John J. Shahady (Fort Lauderdale), for appellant. Holland & Knight LLP, and Rebecca M. Plasencia, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Engelke v. Logan, 392 So. 3d 254, 260 (Fla. 2d DCA 2024) (holding that claim for declaratory judgment accrued when plaintiff became aware that parties’ interests under oral contract became adverse); see also Sutton Enters., Ltd. v. Santa Clara Constr. Co., 767 So. 2d 547, 549 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000) (“A person [or business entity] has no right to shut his eyes or ears to information, and then say that he has no notice. The law will not permit him to remain wilfully ignorant of a thing readily ascertainable by whatever party puts him on inquiry, when the means of knowledge is at hand.” (quotations omitted)).

PER CURIAM.

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