BASIL USIABULU, APPELLANT,
v.
PROGRESSIVE EXPRESS INSURANCE CO., ETC., APPELLEE
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The court held that a summary judgment should not have been granted when the non-moving party raised genuine issues of material fact.
The plaintiff, appearing pro se, appealed a summary judgment granted to the defendant insurance company. The defendant's motion relied solely on the p…
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SALTER, J.
Basil Usiabulu, pro se, appeals a final summary judgment in favor of Progressive Express Insurance Company. We reverse. See Brown v. Traveler’s Indem. Co., 755 So. 2d 167 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000).1
Usiabulu’s pro se “statement of defense” filed and served in response to Progres sive’s subrogation claim raised a number of facially genuine and material issues of fact. See Martinez v. Fraxedas, 678 So. 2d 489, 491 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). Progressive’s motion for summary judgment and supporting affidavit relied exclusively on Usiabulu’s failure to respond to a request for admissions, and Progressive did not otherwise overcome the facts asserted as defenses. Under Brown and several earlier decisions, the motion for summary judgment should not have been granted.
Reversed and remanded.2
. We commend Progressive’s counsel’s candor in citing Brown in the answer brief. See R. Regulating Fla. Bar 4-3.3(a)(3). The trial court cannot be faulted for failing to apply a controlling case that the parties themselves apparently did not provide below.
. Progressive should note Usiabulu's current address (in New Braunfels, Texas) on the cover page of his initial brief and in the final judgment; Progressive’s answer brief contains a Lake Worth, Florida service address, which may explain the absence of a reply brief.
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