Montero v. Oak Casualty Insurance

FLETCHER, Judge.

Omar Montero petitions for certiorari review of an order of the appellate division of the Dade County Circuit Court, which order dismissed his appeal to the appellate division from the Dade County Court. The dismissal order was predicated upon Montero’s late filing of his initial brief. The order, however, was entered by only one judge of the appellate division, thus, for the reason that follows, we quash the order under review.

The appellate division of the Dade County Circuit Court was established by the Florida Supreme Court rule entitled “Rule 1, Establishment and Defining…