Legal Opinion
Bookworks, Inc. v. Capital C Corp.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 16, 1988No. 87-2760PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BASKIN, Judge.
Appellant Bookworks, Inc., [Bookworks] challenges the trial court’s entry of an adverse summary judgment following denial of Bookworks’ motion for leave to amend its complaint and entry of an order granting Capital C Corporation [Capital] relief from final summary judgment. We reverse.
Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.190(a) instructs courts to grant leave to amend freely when justice so requires. A request to grant such a privilege is especially compelling when a party seeks to amend prior to a hearing on a motion for summary judgment. Old Republic Ins. Co. v. Wilson, 449 So.2d…
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