Opinion
4D21-2057
12-14-2022
PSHS ALPHA PARTNERS, LTD d/b/a LAKE WORTH SURGICAL CENTER a/a/o CATHERINE CHISEM, Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.
Daniel Melrose, Christina M. Kalin, and John C. Daly of Daly & Barber, P.A., Plantation, for appellant. Nancy W. Gregoire Stamper of Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, and Michael S. Walsh of Kubicki Draper, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
Appeal from the County Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Edward A. Garrison, Judge; L.T. Case No. 50-2021-SC-000648-XXXX-MB.
Daniel Melrose, Christina M. Kalin, and John C. Daly of Daly & Barber, P.A., Plantation, for appellant.
Nancy W. Gregoire Stamper of Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, and Michael S. Walsh of Kubicki Draper, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Kitchen Design Cabinets, Inc. v. Bentley, 320 So.3d 1013, 1013-14 (Fla. 1st DCA 2021) ("[T]he determination of whether particular conduct constitutes excusable neglect . . . is a factual one, to be decided by the trial judge." (alterations in original) (citation omitted)); DND Mail Corp. v. Andgen Props., LLC, 28 So.3d 111, 113 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010) ("An order granting a motion to vacate a default final judgment is reviewed under a 'gross abuse of discretion' standard." (citation omitted)); Shurgard Storage Ctrs., Inc. v. Parker, 755 So.2d 695, 696 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) ("[W]here inaction results from clerical or secretarial error, reasonable misunderstanding, a system gone awry or any other of the foibles to which human nature is heir, then upon timely application accompanied by a reasonable and credible explanation the matter should be permitted to be heard on the merits." (citation omitted)).
Affirmed.
Ciklin, Levine and Kuntz, JJ., concur.