Case Name: GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Andrea P. LANMAN, Albert T. Tyler, Jr., Isuzu Motors of America, a foreign corporation, and Tom Endicott Buick, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-01-26
Citations: 630 So. 2d 682
Docket Number: No. 93-1634
Parties: GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Andrea P. LANMAN, Albert T. Tyler, Jr., Isuzu Motors of America, a foreign corporation, and Tom Endicott Buick, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN, ANSTEAD and WARNER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 630
Pages: 682–682

Head Matter:
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Andrea P. LANMAN, Albert T. Tyler, Jr., Isuzu Motors of America, a foreign corporation, and Tom Endicott Buick, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees.
No. 93-1634.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 26, 1994.
Frank A. Montefuseo of Moody & Jones, P.A., Plantation, for appellant.
Nathan D. Clark of Law Offices of Nathan D. Clark, Miami, for appellees — Andrea P. Lanman & Albert T. Eyler, Jr.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Reversed. As "good cause" for why plaintiffs/appellees failed to serve a defendant within the 120-day rule, see Rule of Civil Procedure 1.070(f), appellees stated that pri- or counsel was attempting settlement with another codefendant. That does not constitute "good cause" for failing to serve a code-fendant. Cf. Hernandez v. Page, 580 So.2d 793 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991). Further, appellees' counsel's subsequent difficulties long after the time limit for serving appellant'passed also cannot constitute "good cause" to show why service was not made timely. The failure of appellees' prior counsel to serve appellant within 120 days requires dismissal. See Morales v. Sperry Rand Corp., 601 So.2d 538 (Fla.1992).
GLICKSTEIN, ANSTEAD and WARNER, JJ., concur.