Legal Opinion
Rosati v. Vaillancourt
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 3, 2003No. 5D02-2961PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPleus, J.
Robert Rosati (Robert) appeals from a final order denying his motion for determination of entitlement to attorney’s fees and costs.
Robert rented a car from Alamo. While the Alamo car was being operated by a permissive user, Robert’s brother Anthony, it collided with a car operated by Nancy Vaillancourt.
Vaillancourt sued Anthony, Robert and Alamo for her injuries. Vaillancourt failed to obtain service of process on Robert and the court dismissed the action against Robert. However, Vaillancourt’s action against Anthony and Alamo proceeded, and Alamo brought a third-party complaint against…
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