ALLSTATE INS. CO. v. LADNER

No. 98-2947.

740 So.2d 42 (1999)

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Charles LADNER and Dottie Ladner, Husband and Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Schofield and Paul A. Wilson, of Schofield & Wade, Pensacola, for Appellant.

Quin Baker, of Baker & Baker, Pensacola, for Appellees.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant (Allstate) argues that the trial court erred in denying its motion to vacate an interlocutory order of default. We agree and reverse.

A clerk's default was entered when Allstate failed timely to answer appellees' complaint. Two days later Allstate filed both a motion to set aside the default and an unverified answer to the complaint containing a general denial and five affirmative defenses. The trial court denied Allstate's motion to...

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