Opinion
Case No. 96-2762.
Opinion filed October 21, 1997.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County. Frederick D. Smith, Judge.
Maria P. Sperando of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson Sperando, Fort Pierce, for Appellant.
A. Russell Bobo and Thomas W. Poulton of Bobo, Spicer, Ciotoli, Fulford, Bocchino, DeBevoise Le Clainche, P.A., Orlando, for Appellees.
On Motion for Rehearing, Rehearing En Banc or Certification
Appellees have filed a motion for rehearing, rehearing en banc, or in the alternative, for certification of conflict. We deny the motions for rehearing and rehearing en banc, but grant the motion for certification. We certify that our decision in this case, with regard to the applicability of Kozel v. Ostendorf, 629 So.2d 817 (Fla. 1993), in the context of late service, is in direct conflict with the decision of the Fourth District in Stahl v. Evans, 691 So.2d 1184 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).
BOOTH, JOANOS and WOLF, JJ., CONCUR.