Rodriguez v. Brown

Full title: Luis Rodriguez, Appellant, v. Esteban Leslie Brown, Appellee.

Court: Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: Jan 23, 2019

No. 3D18-288 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Jan. 23, 2019)

Opinion

No. 3D18-288

01-23-2019

Luis Rodriguez, Appellant, v. Esteban Leslie Brown, Appellee.

Crabtree & Auslander, Charles M. Auslander, John G. Crabtree and Brian C. Tackenberg; Rodriguez Law Firm, PLLC and Jorge Rodriguez (New York, NY), for appellant. Kula & Associates, P.A., Elliot B. Kula, W. Aaron Daniel and William D. Mueller, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. Lower Tribunal No. 15-24632 An Appeal from a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Reemberto Diaz, Judge. Crabtree & Auslander, Charles M. Auslander, John G. Crabtree and Brian C. Tackenberg; Rodriguez Law Firm, PLLC and Jorge Rodriguez (New York, NY), for appellant. Kula & Associates, P.A., Elliot B. Kula, W. Aaron Daniel and William D. Mueller, for appellee. Before EMAS, C.J., and SALTER, and FERNANDEZ, JJ. PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Concluding that the trial court did not grossly abuse its discretion when it vacated the default and default final judgment, we affirm. See Kathleen G. Kozinski, P.A. v. Phillips, 126 So. 3d 1264, 1267 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013)(citation omitted) ("An order granting a motion to vacate a default final judgment is reviewed under a 'gross abuse of discretion' standard.").