Commercial Un. Ins. v. Marine S. S

Full title: COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. MARINE SALES SERVICES…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Feb 8, 2006

923 So. 2d 535 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2006)

Opinion

No. 4D05-1722.

February 8, 2006.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Patti Englander Henning, Judge; L.T. Case No. 01-003576 CACE 03.

Raúl J. Chacón, Jr. and Richard R. McCormack of Hayden and Milliken, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Russell M. Verona and Asa B. Groves, III of Groves Verona, P.A., Miami, for appellee Marine Sales Services, Inc.

MARX, KRISTA, Associate Judge.

We reverse the order dismissing appellant's complaint for lack of prosecution pursuant to rule 1.420(e), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, because there was, on the face of the record, activity within the one-year period. Appellant filed a civil cover sheet within the requisite time period. See Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.420; Wilson v. Salamon, 923 So.2d 363, 2005 WL 2663432 (Fla. Oct. 20, 2005).

Reversed and Remanded; Appellant's Cause of Action Reinstated.

STEVENSON, C.J., and FARMER, J., concur.