RODRIGUEZ V. BROWN

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed January 23, 2019. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D18-288 Lower Tribunal No. 15-24632 ________________ Luis Rodriguez, Appellant, vs. Esteban Leslie Brown, Appellee. An Appeal from a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Reemberto Diaz, Judge. Crabtree & Auslander, Charles M. Auslander, John G. Crabtree and Brian C. Tackenberg; Rodriguez Law Firm, PLLC and Jorge Rodriguez (New York, NY), for appellant. Kula & Associates, P.A., Elliot B. Kula, W. Aaron Daniel and William D. Mueller, for appellee. Before EMAS, C.J., and SALTER, and FERNANDEZ, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. Concluding that the trial court did not grossly abuse its discretion when it vacated the default and default final judgment, we affirm. See Kathleen G. Kozinski, P.A. v. Phillips, 126 So. 3d 1264, 1267 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013)(citation omitted) ("An order granting a motion to vacate a default final judgment is reviewed under a 'gross abuse of discretion' standard."). 2

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