PSHS ALPHA PARTNERS LTD LAKE WORTH SURGICAL CENTER CATHERINE CHISEM v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (2022)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

PSHS ALPHA PARTNERS, LTD d/b/a LAKE WORTH SURGICAL CENTER a/a/o CATHERINE CHISEM, Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

No. 4D21-2057

Decided: December 14, 2022

Daniel Melrose, Christina M. Kalin, and John C. Daly of Daly & Barber, P.A., Plantation, for appellant. Nancy W. Gregoire Stamper of Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC, Fort Lauderdale, and Michael S. Walsh of Kubicki Draper, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Kitchen Design Cabinets, Inc. v. Bentley, 320 So. 3d 1013, 1013-14 (Fla. 1st DCA 2021) (“[T]he determination of whether particular conduct constitutes excusable neglect ․ is a factual one, to be decided by the trial judge.” (alterations in original) (citation omitted)); DND Mail Corp. v. Andgen Props., LLC, 28 So. 3d 111, 113 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010) (“An order granting a motion to vacate a default final judgment is reviewed under a ‘gross abuse of discretion’ standard.” (citation omitted)); Shurgard Storage Ctrs., Inc. v. Parker, 755 So. 2d 695, 696 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) (“[W]here inaction results from clerical or secretarial error, reasonable misunderstanding, a system gone awry or any other of the foibles to which human nature is heir, then upon timely application accompanied by a reasonable and credible explanation the matter should be permitted to be heard on the merits.” (citation omitted)).

PER CURIAM.

CIKLIN, LEVINE and KUNTZ, JJ., concur.

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