WILLIAMS v. ALBERTSON'S INC.

No. 5D03-3166.

879 So.2d 657 (2004)

Herbert WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. ALBERTSON'S, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Pryor, Jr., of Thomas E. Pryor, Jr., P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.

A. Craig Cameron and Billie L. Bellamy of Cameron, Hodges, Coleman, Lapointe & Wright, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee.


PLEUS, J.

Williams appeals an order dismissing with prejudice her negligence complaint against Albertson's, Inc., for failure to file it within the four year statute of limitations (Williams filed one day late). Williams argues that the lower court erred in dismissing her complaint because an emergency prevented her attorney from timely filing and therefore, the court should have allowed the complaint under the doctrine of equitable tolling. We conclude that equitable...

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