Hanrahan v. Barry

KEHOE, Judge.

The defendant, Edward M. Hanrahan, seeks review of an amended summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Daniel 0. Barry, in an action for contribution stemming from promissory notes on which the parties were co-guarantors.

In entering summary judgment for the plaintiff, the trial judge refused to accept the defendant’s tardy affidavit and untimely answers to plaintiff’s request for admissions. The court stated that, defendant having failed to timely respond to the request for admissions, each matter therein was deemed admitted and thus conclusively established under Florida Rule…