Pascual v. Corporacion Venezolana De Television, C.A.

This is an appeal by the defendant Delia Fiallo Pascual from an order denying her motion to vacate an adverse final judgment under Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.540 and to reenter same so as to allow the defendant to appeal from the subject judgment. We affirm based on a holding that the trial court was entitled to conclude, based on conflicting evidence adduced below, that the defendant in fact received notice of the entry of the said judgment. The final judgment indicates on its face that copies of the judgment were mailed to counsel for both parties; moreover, an affidavit filed by the trial judge’s…