ISTACHE v. PIERRE

No. 4D03-1854.

876 So.2d 1217 (2004)

Saint Jean ISTACHE, Appellant, v. Antonio PIERRE and Allstate Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Sherman, Sr. of Richard A. Sherman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Jack A. Nieland of Law Offices of Lawrence J. Signori, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Cymonie S. Rowe of Dickstein, Reynolds, Woods & Murasko, North Palm Beach, for appellee Allstate Indemnity Company, and Julie H. Littky-Rubin of Lytal, Reiter, Clark, Fountain & Williams, LLP, West Palm Beach, for appellee, Antonio Pierre.


MAY, J.

The defendant appeals a final judgment in an automobile accident case. He argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it failed to set aside responses to requests for admissions that had been filed in error and directed a verdict against him on the issue of causation. We agree and reverse for a new trial on causation and damages.

The facts of the underlying accident are rather straightforward. The plaintiff was a passenger in a car driven...

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