Filing # 15432978 Electronically Filed 07/01/2014 11:50:21 AM RECEIVED, 7/1/2014 11:53:54, John A. Tomasino, Clerk, Supreme Court IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC, CASE NO.: SC14-1044 Petitioner, 1DCA No.: 1D12-6071 vs. LEWIS B. HUNTER, JR., Respondent. ___________________________/ RESPONDENT’S JURISDICTIONAL ANSWER BRIEF ____________________________________________________________ ON REVIEW FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA ____________________________________________________________ WENDY S. LOQUASTO Florida Bar No. 763195 FOX & LOQUASTO, P.A. 1201 Hays Street, Suite 100 Tallahassee, Florida 32301 Ph: (850) 425-1333 Fax: (850) 425-3020 Email:
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[email protected] Attorney for Respondent Lewis B. Hunter, Jr. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES.. ii JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT. 1 INTRODUCTION AND RESPONSE TO AURORA’S STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS. 1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT.. 3 ARGUMENT.. 3 Aurora failed to satisfy the foundational requirement for admission of evidence under the business records exception to the hearsay rule.. 4 The First District’s opinion does not expressly and directly conflict with Cayea, Cooper, WAMCO XXVIII, Ltd., or Weisenberg. 5 The First District did not misapply this court’s decision in Yisrael.. 8 CONCLUSION. 10 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. 10 CERTIFICATE OF TYPEFACE COMPLIANCE. 11 i TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Cayea v. CitiMortgage, Inc., __ So. 3d __, 39 Fla. L. Weekly D1105, 2014 WL 2197616 (Fla. 4th DCA May 28, 2014). 6-9 Cooper v. State, 45 So. 3d 490 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010). 6-9 Florida Star v. B.J.F., 530 So. 2d 286 (Fla. 1988).