RYMED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. KIG, LLC
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledApril 1, 2020
Docket3D19-0575
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed April 1, 2020.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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Nos. 3D19-575 & 3D19-574
Lower Tribunal No. 15-875-K
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Rymed Technologies, LLC, et al.,
Appellants,
vs.
KIG, LLC, et al.,
Appellees.
Appeals from non-final orders the Circuit Court for Monroe County, Luis M.
Garcia, Judge.
Hershoff Lupino & Yagel, LLP and Russell A. Yagel; Shendell & Pollock,
P.L. and Diran V. Seropian and Zachary R. Needell (Boca Raton), for appellants.
Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, P.A., and Robert Zarco and Alaina B.
Karsten and Brenda Phang, for appellees.
Before EMAS, C.J., and LINDSEY and LOBREE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Purdue v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 259 So. 3d 918, 921
(Fla. 2d DCA 2018) (“[C]laim that [movant] did not receive the master dismissal
order is generally cognizable under rule 1.540(b)(1).”); John Deere Const. &
Forestry Co. v. Lorelys Elec. Corp., 69 So. 3d 1099, 1100 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011)
(affirming rule 1.540(b)(2) relief where record showed court could have granted
identical relief under 1.540(b)(1)); Okeechobee Imps., Inc. v. Am. Sav. & Loan
Ass’n of Fla., 558 So. 2d 506, 507 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990) (rule 1.540(b)(1) relief
granted where complaint became lost by being accidentally placed in non-litigation
related file dealing with same subject); Carter, Hawley, Hale Stores, Inc. v.
Whitman, 516 So. 2d 83, 83-84 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987) (finding mistake under
1.540(b)(1) where complaint “became ‘lost’ in a pile of unrelated documents”);
Falkner v. Amerifirst Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass’n, 489 So. 2d 758, 759 (Fla. 3d DCA
1986) (courts “obligated to grant relief” where “uncontroverted facts showed
[movants] did not receive notice”); Francisco v. Victoria Marine Shipping, Inc., 486
So. 2d 1386, 1389 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983) (observing that motions for rehearing and
for relief from judgment are “[b]oth mechanisms [that] provide a mode of attacking
a final judgment”); Gibson v. Buice, 381 So. 2d 349, 351-52 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980)
(holding rules 1.540(a) and 1.540(b) available, “[w]here the excusable neglect relied
upon is lack of notice of the rendition of a final judgment”).
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