Pieco, Inc. v. Sunset Amoco West, Inc.

Full title: PIECO, INC., F/K/A PIECO MIAMI, INC., APPELLANT, v. SUNSET AMOCO WEST…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: May 12, 1992

597 So. 2d 972 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1992)

Opinion

No. 91-2519.

May 12, 1992.

An Appeal from a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Margarita Esquiroz, Judge.

Corlett, Killian, Ober Levi, and Love Phipps, Miami, for appellant.

Krongold, Bass, Todd Marks, and Deborah Marks, Miami, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and COPE, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse the order denying Pieco, Inc.'s [Pieco] motion to set aside a default. Pieco met the requirements for vacating a default by: demonstrating excusable neglect for failing to respond to the complaint, Cinkat Transp., Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Co., 596 So.2d 746 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992); Hialeah, Inc. v. Adams, 566 So.2d 350 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied, 576 So.2d 284 (Fla. 1990); Okeechobee Imports, Inc. v. American Sav. Loan Ass'n of Fla., 558 So.2d 506 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990); asserting a meritorious defense in its proposed answer, Cinkat; Atlantic Asphalt Equip. Co. v. Mairena, 578 So.2d 292 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); Fortune Ins. Co. v. Sanchez, 490 So.2d 249 (Fla.3d DCA 1986); and acting with reasonable promptness in moving to set aside the default. Cinkat; Atlantic Asphalt Equip. Co.

Reversed and remanded.