U.S. Bank, N.A. v. JAK Mortgage, LLC

U.S. Bank, N.A., appeals the trial court’s denial of its rule 1.540(b) motion seeking to vacate a default final judgment quieting title to real property entered in favor of appellee, plaintiff below, JAK Mortgage, LLC. We reverse because, during the pen-dency of JAK Mortgage’s quiet title action, the trial court dismissed U.S. Bank from the case, thereby losing jurisdiction over JAK Mortgage’s quiet title claim against U.S. Bank.

I. Procedural Background

In 2009, Arrow Properties of South Florida, Inc. (“Arrow”) filed a foreclosure action seeking to foreclose Arrow’s subordinate lien…