Florida Panel Holds Deficiency Case Was Not Time-Barred, Reverses Ruling

Mealey's (March 19, 2019, 1:42 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — After holding that a trial court erroneously granted borrowers summary judgment on their statute of limitations defense to a deficiency action brought against them by a debt collector, a Florida appeals court on March 15 reversed the ruling in their favor and remanded the case for further proceedings (Dyck-O’Neal, Inc. v. Teresa Norton, et al., No. 2D17-4968, Fla. App., 2019 Fla. App. LEXIS 3939)....