Case Name: Ronald F. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. Marcus Bernard SCOTT, Production Equipment & Engineering Company, a Texas corporation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-08-15
Citations: 658 So. 2d 1215
Docket Number: No. 94-3823
Parties: Ronald F. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. Marcus Bernard SCOTT, Production Equipment & Engineering Company, a Texas corporation, Appellees.
Judges: ERVIN, BENTON and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 658
Pages: 1215–1215

Head Matter:
Ronald F. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. Marcus Bernard SCOTT, Production Equipment & Engineering Company, a Texas corporation, Appellees.
No. 94-3823.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 15, 1995.
Jack W. Shaw, Jr. of Osborne, McNatt, Shaw, O’Hara, Brown & Obringer, Jacksonville, for appellant.
Harold Silver, Gainesville, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Ronald L. Wright appeals a final summary judgment adding him, individually, to a final judgment obtained by appellee, Marcus Bernard Scott, several years earlier. However, Scott's motion to correct the final judgment, which was made pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540(b), was filed more than two years after entry of the initial final judgment, and nearly 18 months after entry of the last amended final judgment. Therefore, the trial court was without jurisdiction to amend the final judgment by adding Wright, because more than one year had passed since entry of the last amended final judgment. Kippy Corp. v. Colburn, 177 So.2d 193 (Fla.1965); Hartley v. Andriuli, 595 So.2d 311 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992); St. Cloud Utilities v. Moore, 410 So.2d 973 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982); Avant v. Waites, 295 So.2d 362 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974). Even though Wright failed to raise this error below, it is fundamental error which can be raised for the first time on appeal. Sanford v. Rubin, 237 So.2d 134 (Fla.1970); Love v. Hannah, 72 So.2d 39 (Fla.1954); Hadley v. Hadley, 140 So.2d 326 (Fla. 3d DCA 1962).
REVERSED.
ERVIN, BENTON and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.