· 7/1/1959
Jaquess v. Jaquess
Citations
- 113 So. 2d 776
- 1959 Fla. App. LEXIS 3649
How courts have described this case
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- holding that plaintiffs met the first and third prong of the test in that they “filed the petition for relief within a week of the entry of the judgment and the certificate of merit and supporting statement suggest that a prima facie case of professional negligence exists.”
- “The purpose of requiring a certificate of merit is to help eliminate frivolous claims of professional negligence and, possibly, to help hasten the prosecution of the same.”
- counsel realized he missed the deadline for filing a certificate of merit after judgment of non pros was entered due to a family illness resulting in death and the Christmas holiday
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