S.W. Florida Paradise Property, Inc. v. Segelke

WALLACE, Judge.

S.W. Florida Paradise Property, Inc., a Florida corporation (Paradise Property), petitions for certiorari review of the circuit court’s order denying its motion for protective order and ruling that all of its postjudgment pleadings “will be treated as a nullity” because of a default and a judgment after default entered against Paradise Property in the underlying action. Because the order under review will cause irreparable harm to Paradise Property and imposes a procedural bar that does not flow from a default, we grant the writ and quash the order.

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