Case Name: Steven McALLISTER, Appellant, v. BREAKERS SEVILLE ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-01-26
Citations: 891 So. 2d 1155
Docket Number: No. 4D04-1032
Parties: Steven McALLISTER, Appellant, v. BREAKERS SEVILLE ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellee.
Judges: SHAHOOD and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 891
Pages: 1155–1156

Head Matter:
Steven McALLISTER, Appellant, v. BREAKERS SEVILLE ASSOCIATION, INC., Appellee.
No. 4D04-1032.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 26, 2005.
Robert Rivas, Spencer M. Sax and Ron-na Friedman Young, of Sachs, Sax & Klein, Boca Raton, for appellant.
Mark S. Mucci of Benson, Mucci & Associates, LLP., Fort Lauderdale, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
FARMER, C.J.
Reversed. The entry of a final judgment was error because no notice of trial was properly given. A notice of hearing merely stating that an "evidentiary hearing" will be held is, without more, insufficient to give proper notice to a party that a full trial on the merits of all issues in the case will be held at the specified time. We also reject the argument that the record demonstrates with adequate clarity a waiver of the notice issue by acquiescence in the trial court's insistence that counsel present her case.
SHAHOOD and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.