WESTINGHOUSE CREDIT v. STEVEN LAKE MASONRY

No. 77-2172.

356 So.2d 1329 (1978)

WESTINGHOUSE CREDIT CORPORATION, a Foreign Corporation, Appellant, v. STEVEN LAKE MASONRY, INC., Steven A. Lake and Dolores Lake, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 4, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Foster of Fishback, Davis, Dominick & Simonet, Orlando, for appellant.

John W. Bowen of Rowland, Petrucka & Bowen, Orlando, for appellees.


LETTS, Judge.

This case involves the trial court's setting aside of a final judgment entered after default. We find no excusable neglect and reverse.

The problem presented is a veritable mine field for trial judges, for it appears that whatever they do, the appellate court reverses. We agree that in such situations the trier of the fact should have wide discretion, which must be grossly abused to deserve reversal. This theory is further buttressed by the long...

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