ARVELO v. RICHARDS DEPARTMENT STORES

No. 74-1087.

304 So.2d 546 (1974)

Alberto ARVELO and Ana Rose Arvelo, His Wife, Appellants, v. RICHARDS DEPARTMENT STORES, a Division of Cities Stores Co., a Foreign Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horton, Perse & Ginsberg, P.F. Ludovici, Miami, for appellants.

Adams, George, Wood, Lee Schulte & Thompson, Jeanne Heyward, Miami, for appellee.

Before PEARSON and NATHAN, JJ., and GREEN, ROBERT A., Jr., Associate Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The appellants are the plaintiffs in an action against the defendant for alleged malicious defamation and unlawful detention of the appellant, Alberto Arvelo. Upon defendant's failure to plead, a default was entered, and upon an ex parte trial, a substantial judgment was entered for both compensatory and punitive damages. Three days after trial and prior to entry of final judgment, the appellee filed its motion to set aside default alleging that it had...

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