No. 4D03-2704.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 28, 2004.
Edna L. Caruso of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, Robert M. Montgomery, Jr., and John T. McGovern of Montgomery & Larson, LLP, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Assistant Attorney General, Ft. Lauder-dale, for respondent.
Because setting a cause for trial in accordance with Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.440 is a mandatory duty, we grant the petition and require that the case be set for trial. See Pate v. Sawaya, 663 So.2d 679, 679-80 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995); Ivans v. Greenbaum, 613 So.2d 130, 130 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993); Globe Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. Preferred Risk Mut. Ins. Co., 539 So.2d 1192, 1193 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).
GUNTHER, WARNER and MAY, JJ., concur.
870 So. 2d 966
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