KLEIN, J.
The trial court dismissed plaintiff's personal injury complaint for failing to timely move to substitute a party in place of the defendant after being notified that the defendant had died. We reverse.
Defense counsel filed a suggestion of death, which triggered a ninety-day period for the filing of a motion for substitution under rule 1.260(a)(1):
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