NATALY RIERA GARCIA
v.
DISCOVER BANK

Fla. 3d DCA | 2026-03-04
No. 2025-1205
2026 FL 2355 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2026)

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Synopsis

Nataly Riera Garcia appealed the denial of her motion for relief from final judgment against Discover Bank. The Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court's denial, finding no abuse of discretion and that the motion failed to establish grounds for relief.


Holding

The court affirmed the denial of Garcia's motion for relief from final judgment, finding no abuse of discretion and that the allegations in the motion did not establish grounds for relief warranting an evidentiary hearing.


Key Quotes

“The denial of a motion for relief from final judgment under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540(b) is reviewed for an abuse of discretion.”

Establishes the standard of review for appeals of motions for relief from final judgment

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Noel v. James B. Nutter & Co., 232 So. 3d 1112, 1115 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017) (“The denial of a motion for relief from final judgment under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540(b) is reviewed for an abuse of discretion."); Bank of New York Mellon v. Simpson, 227 So. 3d 669, 670 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017) (“Rule 1.540(b) does not have as its purpose or intent the reopening of lawsuits to allow parties to state new claims or offer new evidence omitted by oversight or inadvertence."); City of Miami v. Fraternal Ord. of Police Lodge #20, 248 So. 3d 273, 276 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) ("Arbitration is a matter of contract. An arbitrator's authority to conduct an arbitration and the issue(s) to be arbitrated are granted and limited by the operative document(s) in question or by agreement of the parties themselves."); Parkhomchuck v. AIY, Inc., 338 So. 3d 397, 400 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022) ("[W]here the allegations of a rule 1.540(b) motion do not give rise to a right to relief, an evidentiary hearing on those allegations is not required.” (quoting Cottrell v. Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortg. Corp., 198 So. 3d 688, 691 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016))).


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