Sas v. Postman

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Although the petitioner Sas was originally a co-defendant in the litigation below, the plaintiff subsequently filed an amended complaint against only the defendant Patten. This action, which dropped Sas as a party and terminated the proceedings as against her, see Martin v. Consolidated City of Jacksonville, 490 So.2d 138 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), resulted in the trial court’s loss of jurisdiction over her person. See Biggers v. Town of Davie, 674 So.2d 938 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Federal Ins. Co. v. Fatolitis, 478 So.2d 106 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985); Hertz Int'l, Ltd. v. Richardson,…