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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Petitioner, -VS- SCOTT individually, Intervenors.' ROTHSTEIN, BRADLEY J. individually, and and JANE DOE, Respondents CAS

violation of Rule 1.440 long before now. His failure to do so constitutes a waiver of the right to rely on the rule. This Court's decision in Labor Ready Se. Inc. v. Australian Warehouses Condo. MI, 962 So.2d 1053 (Ha. 4th DCA 2007) is controlling. There, the case was set for final hearing on April 17.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT Appellate Case No.: LT Case No: 502009CA0408003OOOCMB AG JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Petitioner/Plaintiff, v. SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually, and BRADLEY

y occur where—unlike in this case—an amended pleading is filed subsequent to an otherwise compliant order setting_trial under Rule 1.440. See Labor Ready Se. Inc. v. Australian Warehouses Condo. Ass'n, 962 So. 2d 1053 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). Labor Ready was another final appeal, not a mandamus proceeding.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT Appellate Case No.: LT Case No: 502009CA0408003OOOCMB AG JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Petitioner/Plaintiff, v. SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually, and BRADLEY

ief and strict compliance with Rule 1.440. A waiver also may occur if there is simply a "last minute technical amendment to a complaint." See Labor Ready Se. Ina v. Australian Warehouses Condo. Ass'n, 962 So. 2d 1053, 1055 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). That is not what occurred here. Thus, Judge Hafele erroneous