00599168 4. Pursuant to Rule 1.190(a) amendments should be freely given. "The public policy of Florida is to freely allow amendment of pleadings," Carter v. Ferrell, 666 So. 2d 556, 557 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995), and the "'[r]efusal to allow amendment of a pleading constitutes an abuse of discretion unless it clearly