LEE & SAKAHARA ASSOC. v. BOYKIN MANAGEMENT

No. 95-0703.

678 So.2d 394 (1996)

LEE & SAKAHARA ASSOCIATES, AIA, INC., and Tsuchiyama & Kaino, Inc., f/u/b/o Design Professionals Insurance Co., Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. BOYKIN MANAGEMENT COMPANY, Appellee/Cross Appellant, Turner Construction Company, Inc., May Mechanical, Inc., South Florida Air Conditioning, Inc., Ardc Corporation, Formerly Arvida Corporation, a Dissolved Corporation and Center Hotel Limited Partnership, a/k/a Arvida/JMB Partners, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Ferrara and Scott H. Michaud of Michaud, Buschmann, Fox, Ferrara & Mittelmark, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Robert W. Thielhelm, Jr. and John W. Foster, Sr. of Baker & Hostetler, Orlando, for appellee/cross appellant.


PARIENTE, Judge.

This appeal involves the extent of a trial court's jurisdiction to grant relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540(b). Because plaintiffs demonstrated that the order dismissing the entire action was the product of mistake or inadvertence, and not a tactical decision or judgmental error, we reverse the trial court's order.

Following an arbitration award against plaintiffs for damages arising out of a mold

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