Legal Opinion
Bacchi v. Manna of Hernando, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 16, 1999No. 98-1823PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffin, C.J.
Appellants seek review of an order of the lower court dismissing their personal injury action for failure to serve the defendants within 120 days of filing the complaint pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.070(j). During the pendency of this appeal, in September 1998, the Supreme Court of Florida proposed, on its own motion, to amend Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.070(j) consistent with the amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) to give the trial court broad discretion to extend the time for service even when good cause for failing to meet the 120-day deadline had not…
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