Adams v. Freel

COBB, Judge.

This case raises the question of the extent of the discretion of a trial judge to allow the delinquent filing of requests for admissions. The plaintiffs, Adams and Hill, a law partnership, sued a corporate defendant, Sunny Hill South, Inc., and its president, Herbert Freel, for attorney fees. On December 12, 1980, the plaintiffs served a request for admissions on both the corporate and individual defendants. These requests were not answered within 30 days.

Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.370(a) provides that matters to which an admission is properly requested are

admitted unless…