Case Name: John William CALDER, Appellant, v. Lynn C. McNESS, individually and f/u/b/o Allstate Insurance Company and Industrial Fire & Casualty Company, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-03-09
Citations: 427 So. 2d 393
Docket Number: No. 82-1006
Parties: John William CALDER, Appellant, v. Lynn C. McNESS, individually and f/u/b/o Allstate Insurance Company and Industrial Fire & Casualty Company, Appellees.
Judges: HERSEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 427
Pages: 393–394

Head Matter:
John William CALDER, Appellant, v. Lynn C. McNESS, individually and f/u/b/o Allstate Insurance Company and Industrial Fire & Casualty Company, Appellees.
No. 82-1006.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 9, 1983.
Don Lacy, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
David L. Jordan of Birr, Bryant & Saier, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Opinion:
LETTS, Chief Judge.
A default was properly entered against a defendant in a civil suit involving unliquidated damages. However, the final judgment which followed fixed the damages without any trial or notice to the defendant of any kind. We reverse.
A party against whom a default has been entered, is entitled to notice in an action involving unliquidated damages before a final judgment awarding damages can be entered. B/G Amusements, Inc. v. Mystery Fun House, Inc., 381 So.2d 318 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980) and Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.440(c).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
HERSEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.