In NYC CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INC., v. ANIEL JEROME,  2022 WL 301677 (Fla. 2d DCA Feb. 2, 2022), the court overturned the trial court’s finding, and resulting final judgment, that a calendaring error did not constitute excusable negligent. The decision reiterated the procedural requirements for obtaining relief and explained that Rule 1.540(b)(1), Fla. R. Civ. P., permits a final judgment to be set aside where there is excusable neglect, such as a calendaring error, which “is found where inaction results from clerical or secretarial error, reasonable misunderstanding, a system gone awry or any other of the foibles to which human nature is heir.” For more, read the full case here.

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