Epstein Secrets

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.

15 EFTA00808533 C. Epstein Waived the Right to Rely on Rule 1.440 Epstein has waived reliance on Rule 1.440. As discussed above, Epstein filed the Second Amended Complaint on August 22, 2011. Rothstein never answered the complaint. Pursuant to Rule 1.500(a), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, it was incumbent upon Epst

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.

m., in a "Supplement" to his Motion for Separate Trials filed just the day before (App. 14), Edwards asserted for the first time that no default on the Second Amended Complaint had been entered in Epstein's case against Rothstein. In other words, at the time Edwards filed his motion to set case for trial, the case was not

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

recognized the case was not at issue at the time the motion to 5 Epstein simultaneously filed his Motion for Default Against Defendant Rothstein on the Second Amended Complaint. (App. 17). Pursuant to Rule 1.440, the "action" will be at issue 20 days after the circuit court grants Epstein's motion for default. Thereafter,