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Benitez v. Russel

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 26, 1983
430 So. 2d 524 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

Opinion

No. 82-2626.

April 26, 1983.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Dade County; Lenore C. Nesbitt, Judge.

Osvaldo N. Soto and Jorge L. Fors, Thomas, Kraft Raab and Howard T. Sutter, Miami, for appellant.

Merritt, Sikes Craig and Lawrance B. Craig, III, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and FERGUSON, JJ.


Since both the plaintiff's deposition, Latimore v. Matthews, 340 So.2d 1261 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976), and her motion to amend the complaint by interlineation, see Mueller v. North Broward Hospital District, 403 So.2d 581 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981), were filed within a year of the motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution under Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.420(e), the order of dismissal under review was erroneous and is reversed. American Salvage Jobbing Co. v. Salomon, 367 So.2d 716 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979); Shalabey v. Memorial Hospital of South Broward Hospital District, 253 So.2d 712 (Fla. 4th DCA 1971), cert. denied, 257 So.2d 562 (Fla. 1972).


Summaries of

Benitez v. Russel

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Apr 26, 1983
430 So. 2d 524 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)
Case details for

Benitez v. Russel

Case Details

Full title:JUDITH PEREZ DE BENITEZ, APPELLANT, v. ROBERT RUSSEL, RECEIVER FOR MIAMI…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Apr 26, 1983

Citations

430 So. 2d 524 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

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