CHARLES R. BURRELL, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

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• Dillon v. Mach. Wholesalers Corp., 414 So. 2d 1094 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982)
  …th Shore Hospital, Inc. v. Barber, 143 So. 2d 849 (Fla.1962), must be reversed as the record before us reveals that Dillon’s neglect in responding to the complaint was excusable, see Venusa Export & Import, Inc. v. Gavico Alamo Aircraft Sales, Inc., 361 So. 2d 820 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978); see also Edwards v. City of Fort Walton Beach, 271 So. 2d 136 (Fla.1972), and his proposed defenses to the complaint were indisputably meritorious. Our holding moots Dillon’s equally persuasive contention that notwithstanding th…
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