Intercontinental Properties, Inc. v. U.S. Security Services, Inc.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from an order granting the defendant-appellee U.S. Security Services, Inc. relief under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540(b) from an adverse jury verdict and judgment on the ground that the plaintiff-appellant Intercontinental Properties, Inc. had relied upon a forged document at the trial. Immediately after the entry of the order under review, Intercontinental filed a motion, with a supporting affidavit, to set it aside. The basis of this application, which was itself essentially based on 1.540(b), was that, notwithstanding a certificate of service,…