Case Name: ELLIOTT ENTERPRISES, INC. and Salvation Ltd., Inc., Appellants, v. Joseph SEROTA and Rose Serota, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-08-23
Citations: 436 So. 2d 415
Docket Number: No. 83-596
Parties: ELLIOTT ENTERPRISES, INC. and Salvation Ltd., Inc., Appellants, v. Joseph SEROTA and Rose Serota, Appellees.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 436
Pages: 415–416

Head Matter:
ELLIOTT ENTERPRISES, INC. and Salvation Ltd., Inc., Appellants, v. Joseph SEROTA and Rose Serota, Appellees.
No. 83-596.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 23, 1983.
Myers, Kenin, Levinson, Ruffner, Frank & Richards and William M. Grodnick, Miami, for appellants.
No appearance, for appellees.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellants, Elliott Enterprises, Inc. and Salvation Ltd., Inc., defendants and cross-defendants in the trial court, moved to dismiss the crossclaims filed against them by the Serotas on the ground of insufficiency of service of process, namely, that service by summons, not (as was done) by mail, was required. The trial court denied the motion, and pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(C)(i), the appellants appeal.
We reverse the order under review upon the authority and reasoning of Fundaro v. Canadiana Corporation, 409 So.2d 1099 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), which unequivocally holds that crossclaims against co-defendants require service by summons unless, which is not the case here, that requirement is waived. Id. at 1100.
Reversed with directions to dismiss the crossclaims for insufficiency of service of process.