Case Name: PIECO, INC., f/k/a Pieco Miami, Inc., Appellant, v. SUNSET AMOCO WEST, INC., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-05-12
Citations: 597 So. 2d 972
Docket Number: No. 91-2519
Parties: PIECO, INC., f/k/a Pieco Miami, Inc., Appellant, v. SUNSET AMOCO WEST, INC., Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, BASKIN and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 597
Pages: 972–973

Head Matter:
PIECO, INC., f/k/a Pieco Miami, Inc., Appellant, v. SUNSET AMOCO WEST, INC., Appellee.
No. 91-2519.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 12, 1992.
Corlett, Killian, Ober & Levi, and Love Phipps, Miami, for appellant.
Krongold, Bass, Todd & Marks, and Deborah Marks, Miami, for appellee.
Before HUBBART, BASKIN and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the order denying Pieco, Inc.'s [Pieco] motion to set aside a default. Pieco met the requirements for vacating a default by: demonstrating excusable neglect for failing to respond to the complaint, Cinkat Transp., Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Co., 596 So.2d 746 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992); Hialeah, Inc. v. Adams, 566 So.2d 350 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied, 576 So.2d 284 (Fla.1990); Okeechobee Imports, Inc. v. American Sav. & Loan Ass'n of Fla., 558 So.2d 506 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990); asserting a meritorious defense in its proposed answer, Cinkat; Atlantic Asphalt & Equip. Co. v. Mairena, 578 So.2d 292 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); Fortune Ins. Co. v. Sanchez, 490 So.2d 249 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986); and acting with reasonable promptness in moving to set aside the default. Cinkat; Atlantic Asphalt & Equip. Co.
Reversed and remanded.