MANUEL GUILLEN v. PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledFebruary 19, 2020
Docket3D19-1115
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed February 19, 2020.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D19-1115
Lower Tribunal No. 14-31182
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Manuel Guillen and Claudia Mora,
Appellants,
vs.
PNC Bank, National Association,
Appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Jacqueline Hogan
Scola, Judge.
Manuel Guillen and Claudia Mora, in proper persons.
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, and William L. Grimsley (Jacksonville) and
Kimberly Held Israel (Jacksonville), for appellee.
Before EMAS, C.J., and FERNANDEZ and HENDON, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.540(b); Linares v. Bank of Am., N.A., 278
So. 3d 330 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (holding that trial court did not abuse its discretion
in denying motion for relief from final judgment under rule 1.540(b) where the
motion was filed more than one year after the judgment was entered). See also
Rusniaczek v. Tableau Fine Art Grp., Inc., 139 So. 3d 355, 357 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014)
(holding: “In order to warrant an evidentiary hearing, a rule 1.540(b)(3) motion must
specify the essential facts of the purported fraud and not merely assert legal
conclusions. The purpose of this specificity requirement is to permit the court ‘to
determine whether the movant has made a prima facie showing which would justify
relief from judgment’”) (quoting Flemenbaum v. Flemenbaum, 636 So. 2d 579, 580
(Fla. 4th DCA 1994)); Freeman v. Deutsche Bank Tr. Co. Ams., 46 So. 3d 1202,
1204 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010) (holding: “If a motion does not set forth a basis for relief
on its face, then an evidentiary hearing is unnecessary”) (quoting Coleman (Parent)
Holdings, Inc. v. Morgan Stanley & Co., 20 So. 3d 952, 955 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009)).
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