Legal Opinion
Scott v. Morris
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided July 9, 2008No. 4D07-768PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
989 So.2d 36 (2008)
Virginia T. SCOTT, Appellant,
v.
Michael Freeman MORRIS, Appellee.
No. 4D07-768.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 9, 2008.
Virginia T. Scott, Jupiter, pro se.
James K. Clark of Clark, Robb, Mason, Coulombe, Buschman & Cecere, Miami, for appellee.
KLEIN, J.
The trial court dismissed plaintiff's personal injury complaint for failing to timely move to substitute a party in place of the defendant after being notified that the defendant had died. We reverse.
Defense counsel filed a suggestion of death, which triggered a ninety-day period for the filing of a…
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