Case Name: BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-10-08
Citations: 495 So. 2d 863
Docket Number: No. 85-2018
Parties: BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, Appellee.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN, J., and WARNER, MARTHA C., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 495
Pages: 863–863

Head Matter:
BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, Appellee.
No. 85-2018.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 8, 1986.
Susan F. Delegal, Gen. Counsel for Bro-ward County and Larry E. Lymas-Johnson, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Paul R. Ezatoff, Jr., Deputy Gen. Counsel, Karen A. Brodeen, and Julia D. Cobb, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Dept, of Environmental Regulation, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the Agency's order upon the ground that the secretarial misfiling error here constituted excusable neglect, entitling the County to be heard upon the merits. See Quality Electric Service, Inc. v. Seymour Electric Supply Co., 487 So.2d 80 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986), and cases cited therein. We also note that the secretarial error was discovered a matter of days after action was required to be taken by the County in response to that of the Agency. We fail to view the extension of excusable neglect to an administrative proceeding in this scenario as opening Pandora's box.
GLICKSTEIN, J., and WARNER, MARTHA C., Associate Judge, concur.
ANSTEAD, J., specially concurs with opinion.