Case Name: DOGA CORPORATION, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Federico SARRIA and Maria Del Carmen Sarria, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. ROLANDO BARERRO INTERESTS, INC., Cross-Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-11-05
Citations: 858 So. 2d 1132
Docket Number: No. 3D02-2306
Parties: DOGA CORPORATION, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Federico SARRIA and Maria Del Carmen Sarria, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. ROLANDO BARERRO INTERESTS, INC., Cross-Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and WELLS, J., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 858
Pages: 1132–1133

Head Matter:
DOGA CORPORATION, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Federico SARRIA and Maria Del Carmen Sarria, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. ROLANDO BARERRO INTERESTS, INC., Cross-Appellee.
No. 3D02-2306.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 5, 2003.
Markowitz, Davis, Ringel & Trusty and Joseph I. Davis, for appellant/cross-appel-lee DOGA.
Burger & Trailor and Alan M. Burger, for appeUees/cross-appellants Sarria.
De La Cruz & Cutler and H. Jeffrey Cutler, and Albert D. Viener, for cross-appellee Barrero.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and WELLS, J., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the trial court's order vacating the default against Doga Corporation and granting Doga relief from the previously entered final judgment and orders reforming the mortgage, all based on the default. In Simone v. Damare, 595 So.2d 281 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) this court stated:
The Florida Supreme Court has established a policy of providing relief from defaults and allowing trials on the merits. If there is any reasonable doubt in the matter of vacating a default, it should be resolved in favor of granting the application and allowing the trial upon the merits. Northshore [sic] Hospital, Inc. v. Barber, 143 So.2d 849 (Fla. 1962). Although an abuse of discretion is necessary in order to reverse a trial court's ruling on a motion to vacate default, appellate courts need not find as great a showing of abuse to reverse a trial court's denial of a motion to vacate default as they do to reverse a grant of such a motion. Garcia Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Diaz, 351 So.2d 1137 (Fla. 2d DCA 1977).
We find no abuse of discretion in the vacating of the default, and the claim against Doga is remanded for further proceedings on the merits.
As to the cross-appeal, having reviewed the record, we believe there are sufficient disputed issues of material fact to preclude summary judgment on issues concerning the circumstances, nature and propriety of the future advances claimed by Barrero and therefore reverse the summary judgment and remand this matter for further proceedings.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings.
. This ruling does not preclude an ultimate determination that the future advances are valid and appropriate and of the same priority as the other sums due under the first mortgage.