Case Name: Herbert SHESSEL, et al., Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Mary Edith CALHOUN, deceased, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-01-22
Citations: 573 So. 2d 962
Docket Number: No. 90-556
Parties: Herbert SHESSEL, et al., Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Mary Edith CALHOUN, deceased, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and COPE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 573
Pages: 962–962

Head Matter:
Herbert SHESSEL, et al., Appellants, v. ESTATE OF Mary Edith CALHOUN, deceased, Appellee.
No. 90-556.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 22, 1991.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 20, 1991.
Sams, Beckham, Spiegel, Alger & Cris-cione, Cooper, Wolfe & Bolotin and Sharon Wolfe and Linda G. Katsin, Miami, for appellants.
Joseph H. Murphy, Jr., Coral Gables, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and COPE, JJ.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
The order striking the appellants' claim because of an alleged failure to maintain an independent action against the estate as required by section 733.705(4), Florida Statutes (1989) is reversed on the ground that the pendency of a federal action against the decedent — in which her estate was substituted as a party defendant and which indeed had gone to a judgment which is presently on appeal — fully satisfied that requirement. In re Estate of Brown, 421 So.2d 752 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982); see In re Estate of Klotz, 394 So.2d 509 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981); Cloer v. Shawver, 177 So.2d 691 (Fla. 1st DCA 1965); see also Scutieri v. Estate of Revitz, 510 So.2d 1003 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), review denied, 519 So.2d 986 (Fla.1988).