Casanova v. Department of Children & Family Services

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

The trial court granted summary judgment against the plaintiff, Ms. Casanova, on the ground that the claim letter she sent to the defendant agency on behalf of her child did not include her individual claim.1 See Metropolitan Dade County v. Reyes, 688 So.2d 311 (Fla.1996); Calero v. Metropolitan Dade County, 787 So.2d 911 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001). We reverse because, by waiting for more than two years from the complaint until after the three year claim period had expired to raise that alleged defect “specifically and with particularity,” as Florida Rule of Civil Procedure…