West v. Michele Pommier Models, Inc.

This is an appeal from the denial of appellant’s motion to vacate a default and default judgment entered pursuant thereto as well as a motion for rehearing. We reverse upon our finding in the record that appellant established both excusable neglect for not timely responding to the complaint and a meritorious defense to the action. Furthermore, he responded diligently upon learning of the default and default judgment. E.g., Sanchez v. Horrell, 660 So.2d 366, 367 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995); Inter-Atlantic Ins. Servs., Inc. v. Hernandez, 632 So.2d 1069 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). Given the well established…