Case Name: Jimmy Lee DASSLER, Appellant, v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-12-20
Citations: 943 So. 2d 1025
Docket Number: Nos. 4D05-4389, 4D06-1422
Parties: Jimmy Lee DASSLER, Appellant, v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., Appellee.
Judges: WARNER and MAY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 943
Pages: 1025–1025

Head Matter:
Jimmy Lee DASSLER, Appellant, v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., Appellee.
Nos. 4D05-4389, 4D06-1422.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 20, 2006.
Louis Thaler of Louis Thaler, P.A., Coral Gables, for appellant.
John R. Hargrove and Carol A. Gart of Gordon Hargrove & James, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

Opinion:
SHAHOOD, J.
Jimmy Lee Dassler ("appellant") appeals from the Final Judgment entered by the trial court. Appellant argues the trial court erred in entering the Final Judgment because it was obtained without notice to him and therefore void. Appellant further alleges that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his sworn motion for relief from judgment filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540.
Appellee, BellSouth Telecommunications, concedes the trial court erred in entering Final Judgment in its favor due to lack of notice and in denying appellant's rule 1.540 motion. We agree. See Polani v. Payne, 654 So.2d 202, 203-04 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995).
We therefore reverse the denial of the rule 1.540 motion and vacate the Final Judgment. We remand for further proceedings after appropriate notice to appellant.
Reversed and Remanded.
WARNER and MAY, JJ., concur.