Case Name: Ronald NALLEY, Appellant, v. Jonathan I. ROTSTEIN, Esq, et al., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-03-28
Citations: 109 So. 3d 894
Docket Number: No. 5D11-3940
Parties: Ronald NALLEY, Appellant, v. Jonathan I. ROTSTEIN, Esq, et al., Appellee.
Judges: TORPY, EVANDER and JACOBUS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 109
Pages: 894–894

Head Matter:
Ronald NALLEY, Appellant, v. Jonathan I. ROTSTEIN, Esq, et al., Appellee.
No. 5D11-3940.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
March 28, 2013.
James P. Kelaher of Kelaher Law Offices, P.A., Orlando, for Appellant.
William H. Rogner of Hurley, Rogner, Miller, Cox, Waraneh & Westcott, P.A., Winter Park, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the lower court's order dismissing the suit for lack of prosecution. The filing of the motion to amend the complaint and the proposed amended complaint within the sixty-day grace period was sufficient to avoid dismissal. Chemrock Corp. v. Tampa Elec. Co., 71 So.3d 786 (Fla.2011). The trial court erred by striking the motion and proposed amendment as a sham. Yunger v. Oliver, 803 So.2d 884, 886 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002) (citing Destiny Constr. Co. v. Martin K Eby Constr., 662 So.2d 388, 390 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995)); see also Furst v. Blackman, 819 So.2d 222, 225 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002) ("A sham pleading is one which is 'undoubtedly false' and known to be so to the party preparing it." (quoting Menke v. Southland Specialties Corp., 637 So.2d 285, 286 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994))).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
TORPY, EVANDER and JACOBUS, JJ., concur.