Legal Opinion

Beckley v. Best Restorations, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 3, 2009No. 4D09-249PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDamoorgian, J.

Sandra and Michael Beckley (the Defendants) timely appeal the trial court’s non-final order denying their cross-motion to quash service of process and non-final order granting Best Restorations, Inc.’s (the Plaintiff) motion for default. We reverse the trial court’s order denying the Defendants’ cross-motion to quash service of process because section 48.031(6), Florida Statutes (2008) was not a valid method for the Plaintiff to serve the Defendants. By doing so, we deem moot whether the order granting the motion for default is an ap-pealable non-final order.

On March 18, 2008, the Plaintiff…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Rinker Materials Corp. v. City of North MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  2. Mecca Multimedia, Inc. v. KurzbardDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  3. Carlini v. STATE, DEPT. OF LEGAL AFFAIRSDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  4. Henzel v. NoelDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992

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