Case Name: Lydia NASRALLAH and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellants, v. Isabel SCHEUERMANN, Appellee; Isabel SCHEUERMANN, Appellant, v. Lydia NASRALLAH and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-01-12
Citations: 424 So. 2d 974
Docket Number: Nos. 81-127, 81-1763 and 81-1850
Parties: Lydia NASRALLAH and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellants, v. Isabel SCHEUERMANN, Appellee. Isabel SCHEUERMANN, Appellant, v. Lydia NASRALLAH and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellees.
Judges: ANSTEAD and HURLEY, JJ., and SHA-HOOD, GEORGE, Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 424
Pages: 974–975

Head Matter:
Lydia NASRALLAH and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellants, v. Isabel SCHEUERMANN, Appellee. Isabel SCHEUERMANN, Appellant, v. Lydia NASRALLAH and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Appellees.
Nos. 81-127, 81-1763 and 81-1850.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 12, 1983.
Richard A. Sherman of Wicker, Smith, Blomqvist, Davant, Tutan, O’Hara & McCoy, Miami, for Lydia Nasrallah and Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.
Gary A. Esler of Esler & Kirschbaum, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Isabel Scheuer-mann.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon review of the record and consideration of the briefs and argument on appeal we have concluded that the appellant Isabel Scheuermann has failed to demonstrate that the trial court erred in setting aside the default entered against appellee Aetna Casualty & Surety Company. B.C. Builders Supply Co., Inc. v. Maldonado, 405 So.2d 1345 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). In particular we believe the trial court was entitled to consider the nature of the relationship between all of the parties in the pending and prior litigation in determining whether or not excusable neglect had been established for the appellees' failure to respond. However, we reverse the order as to the appellee Lydia Nasrallah, and remand with directions that she be given an opportunity to amend her motion to set aside the default and to establish thereby excusable neglect for her failure to respond to Scheuermann's complaint. We do not believe the present record is sufficient to sustain the trial court's ruling as to Nasrallah, although we believe that under the peculiar circumstances of this case Nasrallah, the insured of the appellee Aetna, should be given an opportunity to demonstrate grounds for setting aside the default.
Accordingly, the order of the trial court is affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.
ANSTEAD and HURLEY, JJ., and SHA-HOOD, GEORGE, Associate Judge, concur.