Claffey v. Serafino

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that misunderstanding of the significance of service of process is not excusable neglect warranting a vacating of a default
• holding defendant’s failure to hire counsel to answer the complaint because he thought he would receive further notice of the proceedings not excusable neglect

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• John Crescent, Inc. v. Schwartz
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-04-02· cited 49×
• Westinghouse Elev. Co. v. Dfs Const. Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-09-16· cited 31×
• Szucs v. QUALICO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-02-23· cited 17×
• Tremblay v. Marck
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-12-19· cited 12×
• Abray Construction Company, Inc. v. Star Swimming Pools, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-01-21· cited 10×
• Goldome v. Davis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-08-31· cited 10×
• Rude v. Golden Crown Land Development Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-03-09· cited 8×
• Orlando Partners, Ltd. v. Classic Tour Lines
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-07-29· cited 7×
• Scott v. Walker
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-12-12· cited 6×
• Vanguard Group, Inc. v. Vanguard Security, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-02-23· cited 4×
• Fratus v. Fratus
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-04-18· cited 3×
• Balliro v. Goldman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-01-22· cited 1×
• Robinson v. City of Tampa
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-02-01· cited 1×
• Moon v. Hadley
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-02-10
• Kirkland v. Kirkland
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-12-14
• D.V. & A., Inc. v. Town of Golden Beach
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-09-16

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Florida Investment Enterprises, Inc. v. Kentucky Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1964-02-13· cited 58×
• Freedman v. Geiger
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-06-17· cited 5×