Case Name: ASSET RECOVERY CENTER INVESTMENTS, LLC, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Charles HOSSAIRATI, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-05-31
Citations: 113 So. 3d 1035
Docket Number: No. 5D11-3116
Parties: ASSET RECOVERY CENTER INVESTMENTS, LLC, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Charles HOSSAIRATI, Appellee.
Judges: GRIFFIN, TORPY and JACOBUS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 113
Pages: 1035–1035

Head Matter:
ASSET RECOVERY CENTER INVESTMENTS, LLC, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Charles HOSSAIRATI, Appellee.
No. 5D11-3116.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
May 31, 2013.
Jack R. Reiter of Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.
Nicholas A. Shannin of The Shannin Law Firm, P.A., and Roger D. Moss, Jr., of Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in denying Appellant's motion for rehearing, which established excusable neglect by Appellant's counsel in failing to appear at the summary judgment hearing and failing to file a counter-affidavit. The late-filed affidavit creates an issue of material fact precluding summary judgment. Marco Surfside, Inc. v. Velez, 438 So.2d 911 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983).
REVERSED and REMANDED.
GRIFFIN, TORPY and JACOBUS, JJ., concur.