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MIAMI STEEL TRADERS, INC. v. RYDER TRUCK LINES, INC.

No. 80-2541.

401 So.2d 1146 (1981)

MIAMI STEEL TRADERS, INC., Appellant, v. RYDER TRUCK LINES, INC., a Corporation, Ranger Division, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander William Kent, Miami, for appellant.

Britton, Cohen, Kaufman, Benson & Schantz and Leo Adderly, Miami, for appellee.

Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

When in August 1980, Miami Steel Traders, Inc. was served with a summons and complaint, its counsel eschewed answering and instead, forty days later, filed a notice of appearance. Admittedly aware that the filing of this paper guaranteed that no default could be entered against the defendant unless its counsel was first notified of the application for default, see Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.500(b), and that the filing of an answer or responsive...

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