GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION v. LANMAN

No. 93-1634.

630 So.2d 682 (1994)

GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Andrea P. LANMAN, Albert T. Tyler, Jr., Isuzu Motors of America, a Foreign Corporation, and Tom Endicott Buick, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 26, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Montefusco of Moody & Jones, P.A., Plantation, for appellant.

Nathan D. Clark of Law Offices of Nathan D. Clark, Miami, for appellees — Andrea P. Lanman & Albert T. Eyler, Jr.


PER CURIAM.

Reversed. As "good cause" for why plaintiffs/appellees failed to serve a defendant within the 120-day rule, see Rule of Civil Procedure 1.070(i), appellees stated that prior counsel was attempting settlement with another codefendant. That does not constitute "good cause" for failing to serve a codefendant. Cf. Hernandez v. Page, 580 So.2d 793 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991). Further, appellees' counsel's subsequent difficulties...

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