Case ID: so2d_757/html/1289-01.html
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Author: {"author": "GLICKSTEIN, HUGH S,, Senior Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

LAND-BASED & WATER PARASAILING, INC., and Do It All Entertainment, Inc., Appellants, v. PARA-SOAR ADVENTURES, INC., Appellee.
    No. 4D99-2518.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    May 31, 2000.
    Michael E. Greene of Michael E. Greene, P.A., Coral Springs, and Matthew J. Schaefer of Matthew J. Schaefer, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants. .
    Gregg M. Paley of Wickens & Lebow, Deerfield Beach, for appellee.
   GLICKSTEIN, HUGH S,, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment entered after default against two dissolved corporations. We reverse and remand.

The record reflects a factual scenario akin to that in Electric Engineering Company, Inc. v. General Electric Canada, 610 So.2d 51 (Fla. Bd DCA 1992).

The affidavits filed in the trial court establish excusable neglect. Although it is not necessary to establish a meritorious defense by affidavit, the record reflects the existence of one. Due diligence has also been shown. Accordingly, the default should have been set aside by the trial court.

WARNER, C.J., and STONE, J., concur.