VILLANTI, Judge.
Serenity Harper appeals the "final judgment" entered by the trial court on April
The facts here are not complicated. The trial court entered an order on November 14 that not only granted summary judgment in favor of GEICO, but also provided that "[s]ummary [j]udgment is hereby entered in favor of Defendant, GEICO General Insurance Company." Harper filed a timely notice of appeal to this court as to that judgment, which resulted in the companion case pending before this court in case number 2D17-4987.
Despite the clear language of finality contained in the November 14 order, GEICO subsequently filed a motion asking the trial court to enter a "final judgment." While the appeal was pending in case 2D17-4987, the trial court held a hearing; determined that because the November 14 order was not titled a "final judgment" it was not really final; and entered a second judgment over Harper's objections that the court had no jurisdiction to enter the second judgment and that such was unnecessary because the November 14 judgment was sufficiently final. This second "final judgment" was rendered April 2, 2018. In an abundance of caution, Harper filed a notice of appeal from that judgment as well, which is the judgment on appeal in this case.
Faced with these two appeals, Harper filed a motion in this court in case 2D17-4987, asking this court to determine whether the language in the November 14 order was sufficiently final to support jurisdiction over the appeal. On May 17, 2018, this court issued an order providing that the language in that order contained "sufficient words of finality" and that this court would review that order on its merits.
Harper subsequently filed a motion in the trial court asking it to vacate the April 2 "final judgment" as being improper and duplicative. The trial court apparently never ruled on that motion. Thus, at this juncture, the record in the trial court contains two final judgments—one rendered November 14, 2017, and a second rendered April 2, 2018—each providing the identical relief.
Given this court's determination that the November 14 order contained sufficient words of finality to constitute a final appealable judgment, the April 2 "final judgment" is improper and duplicative. Hence, we reverse the second "final judgment" entered April 2, 2018, and remand with directions to strike it on remand.
Reversed and remanded with directions.
SILBERMAN and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.