Joe Thompson A/K/A Joe L. Thompson v. American Express National Bank
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Opinion
FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________
Case No. 5D2024-3496 LT Case No. 05-2024-SC-35757 _____________________________
JOE THOMPSON A/K/A JOE L. THOMPSON,
Appellant,
v.
AMERICAN EXPRESS NATIONAL BANK,
Appellee. _____________________________
On appeal from the County Court for Brevard County. Kenneth Friedland, Judge.
Joe L. Thompson, Merritt Island, pro se.
No Appearance for Appellee.
August 1, 2025
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Ciotti v. Hubsch, 302 So. 3d 497, 499 (Fla. 5th DCA 2020) (“The effect of a default, such as the one entered against [the defendant] in this case, is that a defendant admits to all well- pleaded allegations of a complaint, including a plaintiff’s entitlement to liquidated damages.” (citing Bowman v. Kingsland Dev., Inc., 432 So. 2d 660, 662 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983))); Sarasota Est. & Jewelry Buyers, Inc. v. Joseph Gad, Inc., 25 So. 3d 619, 621 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009) (recognizing that a trial court may award liquidated damages without notice to the defaulted defendant).
WALLIS, LAMBERT, and BOATWRIGHT, JJ., concur.
_____________________________
Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________
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