(1) When a party fails to file or serve any responsive document in the action or has failed to follow these rules or a lawful order of the arbitrator, the arbitrator shall enter a default against the party where the failure is deemed willful, intentional, or a result of neglect. No service need be made on parties against whom a default has been entered, except that pleadings asserting new or additional claims against them shall be served in the manner provided for service of the original petition for arbitration.

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Terms Used In Florida Regulations 61B-80.112

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
    (2) Final orders on default may be entered at any time after the entry of a default. The arbitrator shall require affidavits as necessary to determine damages. The arbitrator may, within a reasonable time following entry of the final order on default, not to exceed one year, set aside a final order on default for reasons of excusable neglect, mistake, surprise, or inadvertence.
Specific Authority 718.1255(4)(i), 718.112(2)(j)5., 720.303(10)(d), 720.306(9), 720.311(1) FS. Law Implemented 720.303(10), 720.306(9), 720.311(1) FS. History-New 2-3-05.