STEPHENSON v. LENDINGHOME FUNDING CORP (2020)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Gaynor Monique STEPHENSON, Appellant, v. LENDINGHOME FUNDING CORP., Appellee.

No. 4D19-1589

Decided: October 28, 2020

Samuel D. Lopez of Samuel D. Lopez, P.A., Southwest Ranches, for appellant. Morgan L. Weinstein of Van Ness Law Firm, PLC, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Phadael v. Deutsche Bank Tr. Co. Americas, 83 So. 3d 893, 895 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012) (“We have previously explained that lack of standing is an affirmative defense that must be raised by the defendant and the failure to raise it generally results in waiver.”); Kissman v. Panizzi, 891 So. 2d 1147, 1150 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005) (“[T]he sellers waived the issue of the buyer's lack of standing, because they did not raise the issue until closing argument.”).

Per Curiam.

Warner, Gerber and Artau, JJ., concur.

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