YUSEM v. BUTLER

No. 96-1801.

683 So.2d 1170 (1996)

Henry YUSEM, Brian Yusem and H.Y. (Wyncreek), Inc., Appellants, v. Robert T. BUTLER, as a Limited Partner of Wyncreek Partners, Ltd., and Andrew Carlton, as Co-general Partner of Wyncreek Partners, Ltd., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Allison, III, of Allison & Robertson, P.A., Miami, for appellants.

Philip M. Burlington of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Richard H. Willits of Richard H. Willits, P.A., Lake Worth, for Appellee-Robert T. Butler.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse the trial court's order which denied appellants' motion to vacate the default entered against them.

Appellants' attorney, Richard H. Perlman, abandoned his clients without notice and vacated his Florida office. Accordingly, service of an amended complaint by appellees upon Perlman at the lawyer's vacated Florida office and at some California address could not be considered notice to his abandoned clients, whose failure to respond constituted...

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