GARY J. ROTELLA & ASSOCIATES v. ANDREWS

Nos. 4D01-3380, 4D02-2394.

821 So.2d 468 (2002)

GARY J. ROTELLA & ASSOCIATES, P.A., a Florida professional association, Appellant, v. Anthony T. ANDREWS, and American Industries, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris K. Solomon and John N. Lambros of Brinkley, McNerney, Morgan, Solomon & Tatum, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

No appearance by appellee.


FARMER, J.

We reverse an order denying an enlargement of time and dismissing an action without prejudice as to a defendant for failure to serve process. We conclude that plaintiff established good cause and that the trial court had no discretion to deny appropriate additional time to effect service.

In his showing, plaintiff established that initially its process server made 26 unsuccessful attempts to serve process upon defendant Andrews at his Fort Lauderdale...

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