Two back-to-back mistakes by South Florida judges won’t help a Fort Lauderdale couple in their litigation quest—and the Tipsy Coachman doctrine is to partly to blame.

Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal’s ruling noted that a recused lower court judge signed a proposed order granting a leasing agent’s summary judgment motion without allowing the tenant a chance to respond, which the appellate panel found was in error.

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